opening a business; opening a practice
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
to be main; to be principal; to be important; to be conspicuous; to be prominent
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
(religious) faith; belief; creed
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to manage a state; to govern a country
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
not at all inferior to; rival or surpass; compare favorably (with)
to pick a fight; to find fault
killer technique; surefire assassination method; special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
popular will; will of the people
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
(religious) piety; faith; devotion
those (near the second person)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
clergyman; churchman; clergy
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
I see; that's right; indeed
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack