to sell at a loss; to sell cheaply; to sell off; to dispose (of)
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
big-boned; sturdily built; stout; solid (plan, storyline, etc.)
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
with a clink (of metal); with a chink
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
unskilled; incompetent; poor; bad
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
inspection; examination; survey
texture (e.g. chewiness, hardness, crispiness, crunchiness, etc.) of food
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
visit (from abroad); introduction (from abroad); importation
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
calamity; disaster; accident
to gesture to come closer; to beckon; to call; to summon
this and that; one thing or another
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
nothing but; none other than
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject