due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work
being superstitious; acting superstitiously (for good luck)
(religious) faith; belief; creed
as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction
on the least pretext; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance; at the drop of a hat
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
to choose (something) at one's discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to eat up; to consume (completely)
along the road; along the way
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
one's financial situation; one's finances; state of one's purse
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
saving (e.g. time, money, resources); economising; economizing
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
remarkable; striking; obvious
guest spending the night (i.e. at a hotel)
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
with a friendly grin; smilingly
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to gather (of people); to assemble; to hang out; to assemble (of troops); to be stationed; to be quartered