renewal; update; innovation; improvement
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
man who marries a wealthy or upwardly-mobile woman; (male) gold digger
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
you; Mr; Mister; older brother; elder brother
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
every evening; night after night
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
go that far; to that extent
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid