Vocabulary

to follow (someone); to shadow; to tail; to stalk

index fossil; zone fossil; guide fossil; indicator fossil

to begin (emphatically); to launch; to embark on

Central Labor Relations Commission

Joint Staff Council

I'm home!; I'm back!

to keep a promise; to keep one's word

to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege

to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

on bad terms; at loggerheads

to have an erection; to become erect

if it happens that; if we make ...; if we take ...; if we assume ...; what if ...?

to make an appointment; to make a reservation

quantitative analysis (esp. financial)

quantitative investment management

credit risk

quantitative

to insert (usu. as part of sexual intercourse)

matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation)

to boast; to brag; to talk big

tall story; tall tale; cock-and-bull story; bullshit

(woman's) ugly or homely face; old bag

durable (consumer) goods

Vairocana (Buddha who symbolizes the entirety of the phenomenological world)

Mahavairocana (Bodhisattva)

to sieve (e.g. flour); to sift; to riddle

to be discordant; to have discord

to make trouble; to make waves; to cause discord

implied; implicit

Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

person from (the planet of)

state law (e.g. in the US); state statute

online game

online game

interlock

interlock circuit; interlocking circuit

controversy over school textbooks (i.e. history texts avoiding reference to Japanese military, etc. acts)

having no hesitation in stating; having no hesitation in declaring

deconstruction