trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
to raise one's voice; to shout
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
that is to say; so that means
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
tool; implement; means; furniture
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
(regular) route; fixed route; specified route; suggested route
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
neighbourhood; neighborhood
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
population ageing (aging)
noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
weekend carpenter; do-it-yourselfer
small number; few; minority
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
119; ambulance and fire brigade emergency telephone number
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful