labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
confections; sweets; candy; cake
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
(not) even once; (not) ever
at first; in the beginning; originally
proposal; proposition; suggestion
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
pre-made (esp. food); prepared in advance
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to use X as a selling point
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
cooking; food preparation