appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike
inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
thought; consideration; thinking
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
calm and collected; with composure; having enough and to spare
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
sharp parting remark; parting threat
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
to differ depending on ...
one day; (on) a certain day
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
white; correction fluid; white-out
rental video shop; video rental store
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
shop; store; establishment; restaurant
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
home area; home town; local
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel
in succession; one by one
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
guerrilla; guerrilla warfare; sudden
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
offense and defense; offence and defence
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)