acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
to detain; to check; to restrain
adviser; advisor; consultant
employment position or rank
power; authority; jurisdiction
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
together; at the same time; same; identical
(period of) a year; during an era
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
aging; wearing out; deterioration
moisture; humidity; dampness
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
store interior; inside of a shop
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
one by one; one each; one at a time
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
connection; link; relationship
to faint; to lose consciousness; to feel overwhelmed; to be astounded
Old World (i.e. Asia, Africa, Europe)
ultimate weapon; one's final trump card
action of making something; -ification
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
right of succession; right to the throne
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
divine messenger; messenger of a god (esp. an animal messenger)