reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
dispersing; breaking up; running away
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
we'll cross that bridge when we get there; we'll think about it when the time comes
rush; rush hour; rush print (in films, anime, etc.); lighter aboard ship; LASH
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
residence; housing; residential building
invisibly; secretly; privately
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
ornamental (foliage) plant; houseplant
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
stairs; stairway; staircase
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
PC; personal computer; prestressed concrete; precast concrete; polycarbonate; political correctness; patrol car
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
such ... as; or some such
smoothly; easily; readily
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you