to shake out; to draw a check (bill, draft, etc.); to issue (e.g. money order); to infuse (e.g. in hot water)
money order; draft; exchange (e.g. foreign)
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
a long time ago; long before now
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
notice; notification; report; posting
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
as soon as; no sooner than; one way or another; objection
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
busy; hurried; yours sincerely; yours in haste; (arch.) simple; (arch.) brief
respectfully yours; kowtowing; kowtow
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
don't worry; no worries; never mind
a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute
dreamworld; dreamland; la-la land
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
building (esp. a house); house fixture; fitting; facial features
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
grinding; cracking (e.g. wheat, barley); ground barley; cracked barley
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; uncool; unstylish
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
cloth; tablecloth; wallpaper; wall fabric
to have a drink; to have a few drinks
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)