英和和英

Put the shoes together

fold wonton

gather shells

lay bricks

to stand on ceremony

to contrive―shift―make shift―shift and contrive―cut and contrive

to crack jokes―cut jokes

pick hops

to give a reason for anything―assign a pretext for anything

to shut a drawer

a fist

to set a razor

Thicken

knock up copy

to open a drawer

break the jinx

bend the rod

be up to mischief

comb out the tangles

draw parallels

to unbar the gate

（為すべきことを怠ってなら）to shirk one's duty―skulk―（学校を休んでなら）―play truant

draw lots

to chaff straw

draw the cork

the pick of the bunch

the pick of the bunch

pluck the capon

picket the goat

snip off the ends