competing; competition; auction
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
without; but if; otherwise; or else
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
exhibiting; showing; putting on display; putting up for sale; entering (a work into a competition); submitting
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
small restaurant; eating house
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
(being) by oneself; with no outsiders present
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
(stare or glare with) scornful eyes; reproachful eyes; disgusted eyes
what time; (lit.) which hour
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
maniac (as in rabid sport fan); enthusiast
to be completely satisfied; to be completely contented
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
subserviency to the stronger
to begin talking; to open up
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
to happen to have on hand or in stock
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
for the present; for the time being
head office; main office; main store; this store; our store
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety