owner-manager; sole proprietor; owner-operator; one-man business
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
magnifying glass; magnifier; loupe
close thicket; dense forest; jungle; amazon.com
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
copulation (among animals); mating; treading; covering; serving
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt
longing for; burning desire
proving ground; test site
industrialist; entrepreneur
(together) with; -wide; including
laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal
mental illness; psychosis
world financial crisis (2007-2008); global financial crisis; GFC
depression; recession; slump
palatial residence; stately mansion
neighbouring house; neighboring house
estate; homestead; house and land (it stands on); messuage
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves
indescribable; exquisite; inexpressible; indefinable
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
going unsolved; remaining unanswered
performance of one's official duties
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book