petty bourgeois; lower middle class
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)
cost of one's food; one's board
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
sales; selling; marketing
picking; collecting; harvesting
leadership; initiative; spearhead
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
leaving everything up to someone else
agricultural community; farm village; rural
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
commerce; trade; business
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
genius; prodigy; natural gift
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
secret; private; surreptitious
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
(having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school); of poor quality or workmanship
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
tension; mental strain; nervousness
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
quality (of a product or a service)
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure
caller; visitor; company; guest
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high