most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
wood chips; wood offcuts; wood shavings; sawdust
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
every station; local train; train that stops at every station
to devise an elaborate plan; to exercise one's ingenuity; to work out a scheme
boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty); sexual position in which one person stands supporting the other
spread; span; expanse; extent
out of hand; uncontrollable; out of control; messy
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
to devise; to plot; to plan
to find out; to dig up; to sniff out; to worm out; to pry out; to spy out
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
proud; boastful; bragging; conceited
lunchbox made with loving care by one's wife
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
to be intricate; to be elaborate; to be complicated; to be complex
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
even though things may appear this way
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
loop line; circle line; circle route
operation (of a bus or train service); service; running; movement (of a heavenly body); motion; revolution
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress
one's mood while traveling (travelling)
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
a moment; a minute; an instant; stubborn; obstinate
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake