collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
being filled with; being full of; permeation
to squint (one eye); to narrow
main point; essential point; important thing; necessity; need; requirement
drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
intentionally; on purpose; deliberately; taking something into account
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
as before; as ever; as it was originally
parts; accessories; components
stock; inventory; stocking up (e.g. on food); (soup) stock; stock; share; stock (point-in-time economic quantity)
manual labor; manual labour; handwork; manual procedure
restoration; repair; mending
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
to be able to manage somehow or other
estimate (of costs); budget
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
agricultural community; farm village; rural
true state; actual condition; reality
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta); Japanese millet; sanwa millet
to squeeze (to the utmost); to wring out; to squeeze (money) out of someone; to wring (money) from; to scold; to criticize severely; to train ruthlessly
being on the verge of starvation; being about to starve
plant and equipment; production equipment; productive capacity
to dig up and expose (a secret, hidden crime, etc.)
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
(death from) starvation; starving to death
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty