in quest [for / to do]
- We want to initiate a political reform in order to strengthen the nation.
- We want to initiate a political reform in quest for the national strength.
- In our quest to become / On our road toward a developed conuntry, it is not enough to be proficient in science and technology.
Commentary on modern political news
- Political news is almost following, now, celebrity news, where it does not matter what you say about a person, as long as something is said. Basically, it is gossip posting as news. Shrinking print coverage threatens to trigger a domino effect as news operations downsize, [feeding] the strange Internet age conundrum where there is more information--thanks to blogs and the web/but less real news.
- thanks to -- by courtesy of
by courtesy / for a reason of taste
- to make an arguable decision without intention to defend for it.
- They called this pond a lake by courtesy only.
came within an inch of Ving / to inch one's way to / to make one's way slowly to
- Our car is inching along through stalled traffic.
is falling in the wayside / is diminishing, gradually stopping its use
per se / in itself
- Alcohol per se is harmless enough; it is alcohol overdose that does harm.
- Alcohol per se is harmless enough; it is when taken in excess that it becomes dangerous.
- The drug is not harmful per se, but it is dangerous when it is taken with alcohol.
go through / wade through
- I've managed to wade through the boring book I had to read.
etiquette
- diplomatic etiquette / Chinese table etiquette / cell phone etiquette
- According to etiquette, you should do ...in this situation.
- It is against etiquette to do so.
solo and incognito
- The underground subculture of trash diggers is tough to quantify since it is a job to do solo and incognito.
- severe acute respiratory syndrome
