one's own handwriting; autograph
single word; a few words; brief comment
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to be needed; to be wanted
individual; private person; personal; private
liquor tax; tax on alcohol
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
that is to say; so that means
luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco); indulgence; something consumed for taste or stimulant effect rather than nourishment
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
tenant (esp. in contrast to a landlord); renter
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
wood chips; wood offcuts; wood shavings; sawdust
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
lease agreement; rental contract
(United States of) America; USA
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
inspection; audit; judgement; judgment
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
difficult to ...; hard to ...