such; this sort of; like this
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
one's possessions; ownership
race (of people); type of person
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
elite bureaucrat; high government official; high-ranking bureaucrat; senior government official
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
weak point; unskillfulness
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
cooperation; coordination; link
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
misappropriation; embezzlement
consequence; outcome; result; blame
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event