to order; to command; to appoint
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
slight superiority (in knowledge, experience, ability, etc.); being slightly older
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
disorder; disturbance; unrest
French bread (esp. baguette); breadstick
batard (type of French bread)
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
copier paper; photocopying paper
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
book making (binding, publishing)
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
photocopy book; staplebound book
starching (e.g. clothes); pasting; gluing (e.g. paper, a letter)
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
correction; rectification; mending; repair
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
counter for books; volume
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
hook (fishing, golf, boxing, etc.)
to head towards; to be inclined to go towards; to head for a place naturally
script reading; scenario reading; avid reader; bookworm; reading a book; reading books
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
unexpectedly strong rain (for the region, etc.); sudden rain
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction