mechanical doll

look before you leap, one should think twice before doing something

A professional driver of a train or an automobile such as a taxi or a bus; a chauffeur

have difficulty with, be put out

a flat ritual baton or scepter of Chinese origin. Usually made of woods like Japanese yew, holly, cherry, sakaki, (Japanese cedar,) the shaku is often seen in portraits of shoguns and noblemen, but is now used mostly by Shinto priests

pick up

diligent, industrious, skillful, dextrous

diligence, being industrious, skillfulness, dexterity

(idiomatic) to cut off a relationship, to break up with someone, to be through with someone

(baseball, softball) a left fielder