chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
it is I who should say so
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
symmetry; balance; proportion; uniformity
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
rustic; rude; vulgar; rough
silver-gray hair; silver-grey hair; attractive older man with some gray hair
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
technical prowess; technical ability; technical finesse; technological prowess; technological capabilities
artistry; artistic quality; artistic character
to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic
to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
support; backing; patronage
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
to hold the purse strings
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
government and people; government and private sector; public and private sector
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
foreign currency; foreign money; foreign exchange; foreign goods; imported goods
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
to be at a loss for words
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
powerful army; strengthening of the military
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
acquisition of foreign currency
armed forces; military; troops