maintenance; preservation; improvement
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
few decades; many decades; several decades
to surround; to crowd around
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
inspection; examination; check
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
large number (of); many; majority
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
cross; crossed; cruciform
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
shop; small store; business; firm
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
in one's own way or style
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
right side; right-hand side
to discuss; to talk together
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown