promotional photo (models, singers, etc.)
pre-opening (party or showing)
trading sexual favours (for career advancement, etc.)
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to refuse; to decline; to deny
Boys (The Shirelles song)
stop bullshitting me; you're fucking kidding me; you're full of shit
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee
twenty-sixth day of the month; twenty-six days
non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy
toilet bowl; urinal; chamber pot; bedpan
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee; going inside a shop; opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
fixed date; settlement date
to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)
monetary; financial; pecuniary
government worker; public servant; civil servant
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
to look around; to look towards (us)
recently; lately; these days
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear