to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
made-to-order; custom-made
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
directly managed store (as opposed to a distributor)
establishment (of a business); founding
development; exploitation
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
a step; short distance; short time
line-up (baseball, product, etc.); lineup
privately run store; one-man business; mom-and-pop store
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
to compete with; to vie for
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
tendency; trend; inclination
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
first arrival; first in race; suit of clothes
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
standing together in a disorderly fashion; standing close around; crowding together; flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender