finding employment; getting a job
several years; a few years
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
helper; assistant; help; assistance
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
counter seat; seat at the counter
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to tangle; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated; to become difficult
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
formal; stiff; pompous; stern; solemn; grave
in addition to that; furthermore; moreover; by; with
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
slowly and quietly; smoothly
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
ahead; before; the future; pardon me for leaving (first)