is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
regular holiday; fixed day off; regular closing day
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
subordinate work; assistant; domestic duties; servant; maid
exploitation; overuse; abuse
migrant worker; economic nomad
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop; jack of all trades
retail store; retail shop
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
without a holiday; nonstop
barely keeping a business going (analogy that a bicycle falls over when its wheels cease rotating)
chastity; virtue; fidelity
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
sexual relations; physical relations; carnal relations
to violate the law; to have a brush with the law; to have a run-in with the law
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
newly appointed; inaugural
scandal; impropriety; misconduct
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; prosperous; flourishing; thriving
hanging banner; hanging screen; curtain
inquiry; enquiry; hearing
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
fall; decrease; knocking down; flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)
mixing; blending (e.g. spices); compounding (e.g. a medicine); making up; dispensing (a prescription); preparation
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
basket clam (Corbiculidae spp.); freshwater clam; freshwater mussel
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to toady (to); to fawn (on)
experience; being accustomed (to something); poise in a critical situation
to grow up; to become an adult
being dead drunk; drunken stupor
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything