commerce; trade; business
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
interference; meddling; butting in
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
interest; rights; concession
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
agricultural land; farmland
mobilization; mobilisation
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
means of transportation; transport service
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
to have a rumor circulating
to withstand; to be able to endure
preparation; provision; guarding
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
with a start; with a jump
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering
yearned for; longed for; missed
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
back street; back alley; off-street
permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)
beautiful face; beautiful looks; beauty; belle; handsome man
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
apartment building; housing complex
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)