attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)
fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
buying up of goods; cornering (market)
first thing in the morning
to play a central role; to take a leading part
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
spectator; sightseer; onlooker
store interior; inside of a shop
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
sharp parting remark; parting threat