to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
service industry; service sector
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
to understand; to make out
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded
going into a frenzy; flying into a rage
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
love birds; sickeningly sweet and soppy couple
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
round; circular; spherical
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
wife; Mrs; proprietress; landlady; large women's size (clothing)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy
to watch steadily; to stare
presence; sitting with; being with
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)