to be sluggish (business); to make little progress; to not grow as much as expected
position; location; base; point; site
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
right (to do something); authority; power
priority; preference; preferential right; right of way
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
shortage of stock; scarcity of goods
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
to begin talking; to open up
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
to top up (drinks, water, rice, etc.); to replenish
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
animal passions; carnal desire; lust
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
calculated; premeditated; considered
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
forced laugh; forced smile
to smile (at); to grin (at)
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
feeling of envy; jealous feeling
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
usual; unchanging; eternal; same as always
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
to have a smattering knowledge of