customer one has never met before; first-time customer
to treat (a guest); to receive; to entertain; to be hospitable to; to make welcome
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
to become desperate; to give way to despair
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
a woman's natural inclination to care for others; big-sisterly disposition
to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)
virtual image; false image; pretense; pretence
unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
to take upon oneself; to volunteer; to undertake; to offer (to do)
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; roundabout (e.g. explanation); exasperating; irritating
a long time (since the last time)
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
counter for chairs or seats; foot; leg
back (of a chair); backrest
thickly; heavily; profusely; (complain) endlessly; excessively; tediously
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
code; program; code; regulation; code; symbol set; cord
this (very thing); this precisely
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
receiver; receiving set; receiving apparatus (equipment)
crucial; key; most important; main (point)
convenient; handy; useful
to the extent possible; as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; wherever possible; if (at all) possible
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve