before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
customer traffic; customers; custom
mortgage; right of pledge; lien
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
descendant; posterity; offspring
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
long; drawn-out; very long
(licensed) red light district
personal (employee); employed; retained
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
disinheritance; disowning
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
to be helpful; to be useful
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
cultivation of aesthetic sensibility; education in good taste
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
social; societal; societary
to give someone space; to give someone breathing room; to cut someone some slack; to provide leeway; to provide an opportunity
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
to blow strongly and continuously; to brag endlessly; to boast ceaselessly
classical music; classic; classical; classic (work); the classics
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence