cold reception; unwelcoming treatment
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
origin; appearance of auspicious omen
picture dealer; commercial art gallery
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
to get moldy; to get mouldy; to get out-of-fashion
patting; stroking; caressing
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
emphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)
on-the-job training; hands-on training
home ground; home field; one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain
impressions; thoughts; feelings; opinions
alcoholism; alcohol addiction; enomania; alcohol poisoning; alcohol intoxication
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
school uniform for boys, often with stand-up collar, long jacket and loose trousers
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!
come out!; where are you?
employee welfare; employee benefits; fringe benefits
alarm clock; waking up; keeping oneself awake; type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap
job title; name of one's position
attachment (to); tenacity of purpose
withdrawal symptoms; abstinence syndrome
abstinence from alcohol; temperance; prohibition of drinking
dependence (on alcohol, drugs, etc.)
estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation
advance payment; advance delivery
(for a conversation) to wander from the subject; to get off track
all present; all concerned; all of us
roar; sound made by monsters