request; appeal; claim; purchase
to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of
commerce; trade; business
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
(carved) statue; sculpture
something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment
self-centered; stuck on oneself
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
white fish; fish with white flesh
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
trade; buying and selling
stickily; glutinously; persistently; insistently; tenaciously
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
a few years ago; some years back
prior engagement; previous appointment; prior agreement; previous promise; previous contract
closely-guarded secret; top secret
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
to peel off; to come off; to flake off
persistent; stubborn; sticky; viscous; viscous temperament (in Kretschmer's classification); epileptoid temperament
being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
to be about to enter (a bath, etc.)
(horse-drawn) cab; gharry; fiacre
time for ...; time to ...; good time to ...; opportunity to ...; season
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means; at all costs; at any cost; no matter what (happens); by fair means or foul
one day; (on) a certain day
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy
to work hard; to work diligently; to do one's best; to try one's hardest
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
as hoped for; as expected
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
old woman; joker (in old maid)
calculated; premeditated; considered
stone; bijou; trinket; stone (unit of weight: 14lb); curling stone; curling rock
police drama (television); detective drama
one after another; continuously; incessantly; in succession; by turns