sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
intimidation; threat; bluster
tearfully; in tears; weeping; reluctantly; unwillingly; with a heavy heart
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
landowner; landlord; landlady
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest
all you want; as much as one wants
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to cut off (a relationship)
grasp; catch; understanding
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
human relations; personal relationships