- New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
- oil and gas
- Gulf of Mexico
- desert; desolate wilderness; barren wasteland; vast and desolate
- voluntary; autonomous; by oneself; self-
- to extract (ore or other resource from a mine); to exploit; to mine
- to work out; to formulate
- weak; frail
- position; standpoint; CL:個|个[ge4]
- tornado; hurricane; twister; cyclone
- controversial
- merchant; businessman
- to extend; to spread
- term; terminology
- to assist (usually a ruler)
- to protect; to defend; to guard against; to prevent
- shark
- to hold back; to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance); to resist; esp. with negative, irresistible, unstoppable etc
- attractive force (such as gravitation); sex appeal; attractiveness
- Unocal (US oil company)
- hunting
- elephant; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; shape; form; appearance; to imitate
- natural gas
- heavy; hard; serious; critical
- debt; liability; amount due; indebtedness
- (of a period of time) long
- to say everything (that is on one's mind)
- end; extremity; limit
- to shrink (in the wash); fig. to shrink (of profits etc)
- doctor; medical practitioner
- unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to
- to come down with; to be afflicted with (an illness)
- expert in; good at
- 考 kǎo: 考 kao3: to beat; to hit; to inspect; to test; to take an exam考 kǎo: 考 kao3: to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father
- manager; director; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- lit. so horrible that one cannot bear to look (idiom); fig. miserable; horrendous; atrocious
- 头 tou: 头 tou5: suffix for nouns头 tóu: 头 tou2: head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock; CL:個|个[ge4]
- preconditions