to make use of; to use (money) for; to lend (money); to advance (e.g. a loan); to accommodate (someone) with
subcontract; subcontractor (person or company)
public confidence; popular support
highly skilled; skillful; very capable; particularly able person; master-hand; person of ability
with a friendly grin; smilingly
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
way (of doing); manner; method
pride; dignity; self-respect
friendship; friendly relations; fellowship
like that; that way; thus
preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve
many; much; plenty; hardly
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
courtesy call; courtesy visit
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
secret medicine; secret remedy; nostrum; wonder drug; excellent remedy
to gain experience; to get accustomed (with something)
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
to be unequal to the burden (job); to be too heavy a load for
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
transfer; assignment; conveyance
annoying; infuriating; provoking; irritating; aggravating; vexing
to tinker with; to fumble with; to fiddle with; to twiddle
exposing; unmasking; laying bare
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
cunning; craft; guile; slyness
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
second-year student; second-year pupil; biennial; biennial plant
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
new student; freshman; first-year student
to become animated; to liven up; to become active
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
what people say; rumours; public opinion
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows