daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
transactions; dealings; business
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
stock; products; stolen goods; loot; spoils
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
to gather; to collect; to assemble
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
flour; meal; powder; dust
bathing powder; bathwater additive; bath salt
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
money-making; earning money
regular customer; valued client
annex (to a building); annexe; extension; supplementary building
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
scoundrel; rascal; villain
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering
maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
company president; manager; director
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
police drama (television); detective drama
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so