company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
company president; manager; director
both (people); the two of them
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
eccentric; crank; weirdo; oddball
territory; domain; field; area; domain; region
popularity; favorable reputation; high esteem; respect
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
several people; a few people
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
no matter what; whatever happens; under any circumstances; never
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
bringing; taking; carrying
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
to be helpful; to be useful
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)