December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
promotion; raising of status
schedule; program; programme; agenda
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
jade plant (Crassula argentea, Crassula ovata)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
exclusive; attached to; specialist
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
clear; precise; definite; distinct
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
money-making; earning money
relation; connection; relevance
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
corporate body; corporation; (legal) person; (juridical) person
chief executive officer; CEO
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to one's heart's content or satisfaction
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
at a young age; while still young
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify