to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
commerce; trade; business
possession; occupation; occupancy
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
rule; reign; government; governing
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
ebook; e-book; electronic book; digital book
tablet; pill; tablet; tablet computer; tablet; (inscribed) slab
paper medium; print medium (as opposed to other media)
birth; creation; formation
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
ingenuity; inventiveness; creative originality
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
several times; several degrees
to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)
on the occasion of; at the time of
club activities; extracurricular activities
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
severe (injury, handicap, etc.); serious
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of