barker; tout; hawker; calling out to potential customers
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
within eyeshot; within sight; in view
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
lawless; outrageous; insolent; rude; inexcusable; unpardonable
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
applicant; candidate; volunteer
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for
distrust; unjust suspicion
swaying (repeatedly, in a large, slow motion)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)
to gain strength; to have energy
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
(to be ashamed enough) to wish you could just disappear; wanting to sink into the ground in shame
Mach (number); (at a) fast speed
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
to rise in esteem; to become popular; to rise in value (stocks)
social; societal; societary
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
to annoy; to cause trouble
articles; supplies (e.g. office supplies); things (for); utensils; goods; equipment
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
loved one; lover; sweetheart
to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord; to be gut-wrenching
to give one's heart to; to fall in love; to turn one's mind towards; to think of
majestic; commanding; imposing; stately; dignified; with pomp and circumstance
movements; bearing; deportment; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)
rag; old cloth; tattered clothes; ragged clothes; fault (one is trying to hide); defect
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to become vulgar; to coarsen
sacrificial opponent; jobber (in wrestling); foil; weak player brought in to make the opponent appear stronger
sleazebag; asshole; shithead; lowlife
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe