getting on board; sailor; seaman
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
older sister; elder sister
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
street stall; stand; booth
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
having missing teeth; toothlessness
daily necessities; everyday goods
luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco); indulgence; something consumed for taste or stimulant effect rather than nourishment
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to be quiet (due to lack of activity); to be in a slump (of a business)
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
money; coin; dough; moolah; brass
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
prime location (for offices, housing, etc.); best district (in town); excellent piece of land
to be erected; to be built
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
(made of) stone; stone-built
door; gate; opening; title page
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
coating (esp. lacquering)
construction; architecture (of buildings)
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly; stolidly (standing); impassively
how; in what way; by what means
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die