(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
greenhouse; icehouse; cellar
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
one's house; one's home; one's family
fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to add; to write a postscript
participation; joining; entry; adherence
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair
foreign merchant; foreign businessman; foreign company; out-of-store sales; calling on customers to take orders
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
that's the way it is; such is life
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
famous (commercial) establishment; well-known store (shop, restaurant)