foreign; abroad; overseas
buying up of goods; cornering (market)
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
silver; senior citizen; pensioner
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
(stare or glare with) scornful eyes; reproachful eyes; disgusted eyes
to be a matter of life or death
in proportion to; just as much as
storehouse; warehouse; godown
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
(Judeo-Christian) Sabbath
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
performer; entertainer; actor
baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property