guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
missus; missis; proprietress (of a shop, restaurant, etc.); landlady; hostess
to depart (on a journey, trip, etc.); to leave; to set off; to start
lost article; thing left behind; leaving something behind; forgetting something
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
accommodation fees; hotel charges; room charges
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
payment in advance; advance payment; payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls); forerunner
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
(intentional) overcharging; rip-off; highway robbery
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
criticism; critique; review; commentary
(handling) fee; charge (e.g. for a cancellation); commission; brokerage
100,000; hundred thousand
to leak (urine, feces); to soil one's pants; to dump (untreated waste, sewage, etc.); to discharge (untreated effluent); to leak (information, secrets, etc.); to bleed (a deficit, losses, etc.)
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to determine whether something is right or wrong; to make something clear; to settle a matter
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here