to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
dine and dash; leaving a restaurant without paying
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
family; members of a family
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
a little late; somewhat late; latish; a little slow; somewhat slow
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
you get what you pay for; cheap and nasty
palace; hall; shrine; hall of fame
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
point in question (at issue)
story; tale; talk; discussion
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
very much; very many; more and more
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
red light (traffic); red light; signal to stop; sign of danger
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
ignoring a traffic light; red-light violation; running a red light; jaywalking
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking