large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
successive promotion; gradual promotion; graduated
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
underclasses; poorest segment of the population; the poor
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
International Monetary Fund; IMF
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
consists of; comprises; is made up of
various countries; various regions; various provinces
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
major newspaper; leading newspaper; widely circulated newspaper
tone (of argument); tenor; drift
initial budget; original budget
general accounting and finance
annual revenue (government); annual income (government); budget receipts
public debt; public bond; government securities
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
largest ever; biggest; record
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
according to (one's) calculations; for the purpose of calculation
journalization (accounts); journalisation; bookkeeping