sales; selling; marketing
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded
success; prosperity; boom
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
cook; chef; tap; spigot; cock (male fowl); cock (penis)
cooking; food preparation
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to have a lewd look on one's face; to ogle
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
special training; intensive training; crash course
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
the very best; excellent; superb
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
supply; provision; raising; procurement
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
understood; I see; OK; present; here
space (room, area, outer space)
function; facility; faculty; feature
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
senses of seeing and hearing; audiovisual
curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
of great promise; with a promising future
numbered ticket (e.g. to determine order of service in shop, etc.); zone ticket; boarding ticket; bus ticket dispensed at boarding, used to show where one boarded
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.