trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
fundamental principle; basic principle; general principle
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
all you want; as much as one wants
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
generously; liberally; magnanimously
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
education; training; discipline
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
piling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
searching for someone; search for a missing person; searching for a (job) candidate; recruitment; scouting
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
custom; practice; convention; precedent
in session; in progress; under way; open
constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks