a matter for the police; a brush with the law
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
each time it happens; at all such times
considerably; greatly; a lot
recently; lately; these days
to sell off; to sell completely
complete stranger; total stranger
to sell off; to sell completely
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
garbage day; rubbish collection day
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
wages; pay; rental payment
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
store's appearance (esp. shop front, signs, etc.)
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
thrift; economy; frugality
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
store name; shop name; restaurant name
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)