to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
to spend time (on doing something)
means of transportation; transport service
comparatively high; fairly expensive
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
ability; capability; skill
business discussion; negotiation
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
doing whatever one pleases
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to be enchanted; to be charmed
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
again; once more; a second time
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
estimate (of costs); budget
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
household economy; family finances
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business