stagnation; hindrance; delay
feel uneasy; on tenterhooks; in suspense; on pins and needles
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
close-fitting trousers; long underwear
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
standing signboard; billboard; hoarding
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
feelings; thoughts; meaning
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
merchant's home; rented home; store; shop
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
reopening a shop after renovation; post-refurbishment reopening
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
selling out; being sold out
signing; autograph session
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
thick (esp. paper, cloth)
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
(printed) instructions; manual; explanatory leaflet (pamphlet, note); description
heated (e.g. debate); passionate
mania; enthusiasm; maniac; enthusiast; nut
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
to snuggle up to; to nuzzle; to burrow into; to press a part of one's body against something
worn-out; shabby; seedy; wrinkled-up; threadbare
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered