- to urge; to press; to prompt; to rush sb; to hasten sth; to expedite
- tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten
- to end; to close; (electricity) cut-off
- secondary
- to discuss; to deliberate
- systemic problem (sometimes refers specifically to corrupt practices)
- to follow sb's tracks; to tail; to shadow; tracking
- trend; tendency
- reward; remuneration
- to fall due (loan etc); to expire (visa etc); to mature (investment bond etc)
- author (of a manuscript)
- self; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; sixth in order; letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; hexa
- entanglement; dispute
- single volume edition; offprint
- epilogue; afterword
- affair; business; matter; to be engaged in; to attend to; by all means
- introduction; preamble
- to hold; to contain; to accommodate; to tolerate (different opinions)
- main text (as opposed to footnotes); main body (of a book)
- to agree; to decide after consultation; to come to a compromise
- to shrink (in the wash); fig. to shrink (of profits etc)
- a little bit
- capable; competent
- diligence; diligent; industrious
- (idiom) clear and orderly; neat and tidy
- very few; very little
- to make a supreme effort; at all costs
- high quality
- definite; exact; precise
- roll call; to mention sb by name; (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name
- secretary
- co-worker; collaborator; also collaborator with the enemy
- lady; madam; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]; Miss; Ms
- humble; modest; unpretentious; modesty
- to set; to set up; to install; setting; preferences
- proportion; specific gravity
- second only to ...; ranking behind only ...