security firm; security company
nothing special; nothing significant; not a problem
watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be busy; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with many things); to be packed (of one's schedule)
in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data
rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
trick; trap; stratagem; intraoperative; during surgery
sense of caution; wariness
grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)
to see; to look; to watch; to try to ...
confusion; disturbance; commotion; chaos; disorder
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother
to make coffee; to brew coffee
coffee cup; spinning teacups (amusement ride)
friendship; (on) familiar terms; intimacy; kindness; goodwill
meaning; called; named; that says; that
to stand on ceremony; to stiffen up (the nerves); to be tense
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is
chat over tea; gossip; small talk
haste; hurry; urgency; in a hurry; quickly; with haste
good policy; wise policy; best plan
to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
monolith; large slab of rock; unity (of a group, organization, etc.); unanimity; solidarity
passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality
world; society; people; the public
showing one's face in public; facing another person
to be embarrassed; to lose face
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement
to boil up; to seethe; to get excited; to be in an uproar
videotape recorder; VTR; video recording; pre-recorded video shown during a television programme
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
open-top car; convertible; soft-top; cabriolet