to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
spare (part, tire, etc.); spare (bowling); knocking down all pins on the second throw
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
lodging (house); accommodation; hotel; housing (for government employees)
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
business; trade; operations; sales
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
to originate (with); to start (with); to stem (from)
food shortage; food scarcity; difficulty of obtaining food
import; importation; introduction; afferent
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)
small and medium-scale; small or mid-scale
buying price; cost price; purchase price
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
sharp rise (in prices); steep rise; substantial increase; soaring
store; reserve; stock; savings
surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
(wearing only) a pair of underpants
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
turning over in bed; rolling over; tossing and turning; betrayal; double-crossing
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
superiority; predominance
right on the heels of yesterday; only yesterday
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble