employment (long term); hire
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
running as fast as one can
being very popular; being in great demand
baton (of command); order; command; direction
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
to listen to in an ecstasy
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
number; number plate; license plate
fee-charging; paid; not free; toll road
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
looking and listening; (television) viewing; watching; (public) attention; interest
at a proper time; at a suitable occasion; at the correct moment; when the time is right
independence; self-reliance
everything one does; whatever one does
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
this and that; one thing or another
feel when biting; manner of enunciation
meanwhile; in the meantime
settlement; payment of account
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
calvaria; area at top of head; parietal
degeneration; retrogression