Meanings

partial relaxation

scroll containing a single line of calligraphy, often of Zen content (usu. found in a tea-ceremony room or house)

slightly early

single

just this side of

administrative cost

first oil crisis

one-to-one correspondence

one-to-one correspondence

one step away from fishing (i.e. needing two more tiles for completion)

one direction

meanwhile

one-party regime

always dot the i's and cross the t's

always dot the i's and cross the t's

entire family is affected (disease, etc.)

whole family

first report (esp. of an incident or news story)

number one in all of America

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (abolished in 1995)