morning; forenoon; just before noon
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
counter seat; seat at the counter
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; (metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments; (metaphor for) empty stomach; feeling of hunger
starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee; going inside a shop; opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to be worried; to be troubled
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
fundamental idea; basic concept
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
some people; a few people; several people
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
hostility; antagonism; opposition
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
material; substance; matter
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
accurate; correct; precise; exact
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
for example; for instance; e.g.
knowing; (an) acquaintance
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
question; inquiry; enquiry