first-rate; finest quality; the best
100,000; hundred thousand
guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
one by one; one after another
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
to come face to face (with)
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
very serious matter; matter of very grave concern; momentous event
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
greedy; avaricious; covetous; raga (desire)
successful bid; winning a tender
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
to make a successful bid (for an article); to buy at auction; to outbid (someone); to knock down (at an auction)
semi-automatic (transmission, firearm, etc.)
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
feeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance; response (to one's efforts); reaction; (having an) effect (on)
profit; earnings; stroke of luck
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
enthusiast; fan; lover; devotee; aficionado
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
chopsticks; (something) at hand; (in) one's possession; (near) one's hands
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
carrying voice; well-projected voice