interrogation; hearing; trial
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
whether one wants to or not; without choice
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
I've got to be going; I must go
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated; to be infatuated; to be entranced; to be carried away
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
sales; selling; marketing
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
in the meantime; meanwhile
oldest member of a group; longest-serving member
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to refuse; to decline; to deny
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
to be completely boiled; to be boiled to a turn
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
rather; sooner; preferably
switching over to; migration; transition
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
next; secondly; subsequently
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
business hours; opening hours; office hours
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime