maintenance of public order; maintaining security
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
by all means; by all costs
(together) with; -wide; including
glasses for show; fashionable eyeglasses worn for appearance's sake; glasses with no lenses or 'window glass' lenses
sense of unity; sense of oneness
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
hash browns; hashed browns
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
on one hand; on the other hand
episode; anecdote; vignette
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
close; intimate; on good terms
child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
to be twisted; to be wrapped; to be distorted
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten