clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to encamp; to take up positions
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books)
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
society; company; the public; the world
man; male; masculine gender
if it is the case that ...
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
to reach; to get to; to arrive at