to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
buying; purchasing; laying in
to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
obliging person; person who likes looking after others
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
(wet) cough; (sound of) coughing
to become better; to improve
it seems so; that's what it looks like
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
work; business; company; study
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
time; season; period; phase; stage
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to add (to); to add on; to append
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
casual income; extraordinary revenue; incidental income; nonrecurring income; perquisite
high salary earner; high income earner; well-paid employee; highly-paid; in the top salary bracket
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
difficult to ...; hard to ...
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
essence; kernel; spirit; pith
Sui dynasty (China, 581-618)
to crawl towards; to creep up to