getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
to run a shop; to have a shop
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to underrate; to make light of
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle
to flap strongly; to stir up fiercely
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy
is something that; is that which
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
to make trouble; to make waves; to cause discord
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
troche; (throat) lozenge; cough drop