shopping; purchased goods
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
to intervene; to stop (something)
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
smallish; on the small side
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
bare (naked) body; complexion (e.g. face)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
foreign currency; foreign money; foreign exchange; foreign goods; imported goods
warning (e.g. for a storm); advisory
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
currency exchange counter; bureau de change
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
self-restraint; voluntary restraint; self-imposed control; self-discipline
annual (plant); first-year student
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
student's handbook; small notebook that also acts as a student ID
prepaid (phone, card, etc.)
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
orchid; Netherlands; Holland
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that