- to pay tax; duty-paid
- aspiration; wish (for); desire
- stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved); a (usu. bad) situation; leeway
- or; either one or the other
- not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking; without two sticks to rub together
- move; act; measure
- to cover up; to conceal; to go into hiding
- to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn
- to depend on; to be dependent on
- the outside; (attributive) external; exterior; surface
- wholeheartedly; (to devote oneself) heart and soul
- megalomania; egomania; delusions of grandeur
- to apply in practice; practical; functional; pragmatic; applied (science)
- idea; concept; philosophy; theory
- to lift; to raise (a lid etc); (of a storm) to surge; to stir up (waves etc); (fig.) to trigger; set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc)
- rich and imposing; rich and overbearing
- people in the (aforementioned) industry; practitioner; industry professional
- a move; an action; in one move; at a stroke; in one go
- shallow; superficial
- self-respect; self-esteem; ego
- self-confidence
- to rise; to go up; to ascend
- layer; level; gradation; arrangement of ideas; (a person's) standing
- words; expression; what one says
- to exaggerate; to be boastful; pompous; grandiose
- by fair means or foul; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously
- ingenuity; creativity
- weak point; failing
- to become visible; to reveal
- completely; fully; without omission
- to crowd out; to push aside; to supplant
- great aspiration; great ambition
- to practice (a trade)
- (Warren) Christopher
- familiarity at first sight
- 罗 lúo: 罗 luo2: gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift罗 Lúo: 罗 Luo2: surname Luo
- recipient
- to urgently need; urgent need
- banking circles; the world of finance