loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
outlet (e.g. for water or gas); market (for something); outlet (e.g. for excess energy); vent (e.g. for emotions)
drop (e.g. of water); drip
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
newcomer; initiate; rookie
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
to increase in value; to gain prestige
internal organs; viscera; intestines
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
second-hand shop; curio shop
to be saved up (of money)
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
stocktaking; inventory count; faultfinding
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
bad inventory; deadstock; dead stock
five (long cylindrical things)
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)
oversized (clothing); baggy; rolling in (of money); (profiting) greatly; sloshing (e.g. of water); gushing
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
period of time; time slot; time zone
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
panty-less; wearing no underwear