branch office; branch store
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to sell like hot cakes; to fly off the shelves
portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)
phantom; vision; illusion
popular person; favorite; favourite
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
loveable; very likeable; like very much
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
how do you do?; nice to meet you; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly
as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement
to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
to think of; to come up with
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other