success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window
tool; implement; means; furniture
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
social; societal; societary
honor; honour; credit; prestige
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
anything and everything; just about everything
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
one's family (home) background (environment)
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
beyond one's means or position
connection; link; relationship
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic