confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
purchase; buying; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
item; commodity; list of articles
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
privately run store; one-man business; mom-and-pop store
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
variety of goods; number of articles
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
periodic; regular; routine
sincere; honest; faithful
like a decent person; human
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
in this way; thus; such; uh...
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
scenery; scene; landscape