business owner; entrepreneur; employer
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
picking out; choosing; picking (someone) up (in a vehicle); pickup (in a record player); (phono) cartridge; pickup (truck)
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
credit status; credit standing; credit record; credit information
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
alteration; falsification; faking
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
free time; spare time; idle moment
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
detective bureau; detective agency; investigation firm
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
to walk through (to the end); to walk the whole way
buying and eating sweets (esp. of children); between-meal snacking
to mix (e.g. water with flour); to dissolve (salt in water, paint, etc.); to scramble (eggs); to stir; to melt; to liquefy
to soak; to steep; to macerate
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
mho (unit of conductance)
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to break up and start anew; to break out of one's shell; to make a fresh start; to go outside oneself
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
to pull tight; to brace; to tighten
funny story; funny anecdote
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
person of letters; literary person
to stop in the middle of a sentence
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to work without sleep or rest
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
very small; tiny; insignificant
to be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in
blunder; bungle; gaffe; bungling; stupid; tactless
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
to get shabby; to go downhill; to go to seed; to go to the dogs
emptiness; being empty; not carrying anything; unburdened; dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.); false
general mobilization; full mobilization
ostentation; show; affectation
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
obvious (e.g. of a lie); transparent
to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
to draw (someone) close to one's breast; to pull close to one; to take into one's arms; to embrace