elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
shoeshine; shoe polishing
to lean against; to set against
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to read smoothly; to skim
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to inlay; to insert; to plug in (to a formula); to immerse; to trick; to deceive
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
to take care of some business; to go on an errand; to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet
full view; plain sight; completely visible
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
pessimism; disappointment
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
needy circumstances; living in poverty
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful