to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
being startled; getting a shock
goods piled beneath; lower layer; lowest social strata; bottom (of the ladder); low rank
storehouse; warehouse; godown
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
magic; sorcery; incantation
feigning ignorance; acting dumb
duty; function; office; mission; task
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
kindness; intimacy; friendship
genuine article; real thing; real deal
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
judgement; judgment; connoisseur
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
it's been a long time; long time no see
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
triumphant pose assumed by an athlete