declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
impulse buying; impulse purchase
every month; each month; monthly
share; portion; quota; cut
idea commonly accepted by society; socially accepted idea
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to become empty; to be emptied
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
practice; practising; training; study
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
hostility; animosity; enmity
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
often; frequently; again and again
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
to make out with; to make cozy with (cosy); to do at one's own discretion
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to sell off; to sell completely
nostrils; wings of the nose
too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories
to sniff out; to get wind of
profit; earnings; stroke of luck
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
slight; little; insignificant
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
central; main; just (done); counter for consecutive losses