prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
hybrid; crossbreed; mongrel
good performance; good work; great success
partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
light brown; golden brown; tan
being in love with each other
porcelain (esp. hard-paste porcelain); china; chinaware
cabriole leg (of a table, chair, etc.); stealthy footsteps; walking silently
rating; classification; allocation; grading
interior design; interior; upholstery
honour; honor; glory; privilege
household belongings; household possession; furniture and household goods; goods and chattels; home furnishings; household goods
any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match; the whole kit and caboodle; without reserve
to tan (leather, hide, etc.); to dress
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
transport; transportation
our country; our land; one's own country
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
to boost; to force up; to push up
food crisis; food-supply crisis
first meeting; first interview with
to factor in; to take into account; to include in one's considerations
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
in-house; (on) the grounds; (in) the premises; hall; theatre; theater
metre (of a poem); meter; rhythm; prosody
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
eating live seafood (e.g. ice gobies, shrimp) while still moving