pointing out; identification
calm; composed; self-possessed; firm
public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
property; fortune; assets
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
antitrust law; Antitrust Act
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
metre; meter; meter; gauge
within; inside of; less than
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
to pay attention; to be watchful
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
department store; department
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
store interior; inside of a shop
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
shopping; purchased goods
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
to come and go; to go back and forth
people; men and women; each person; everybody
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
crying hard; crying one's eyes out; loud crying; wailing; profuse weeping
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
apparently; appears to be
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
older brother and younger sister