service business (hotels, restaurants, etc.); service industry; hospitality industry
different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)
cautious; careful; shrewd; tactful; prudent; faultless
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
cancellation; cancelling (a person, e.g. for an inflammatory remark); cancel culture
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation); unable to read the room
during; for the duration of
back street; back alley; off-street
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
fee paid to performing artists, etc.; appearance fee
intensification; aggravation
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
to have glazed eyes (when drunk, angry, etc.); to have glassy eyes
clink; clack; feeling annoyed; being offended; being hurt
public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
wearing (e.g. a uniform, seat belt, helmet); having on
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
decisive moment; critical moment; crucial moment
I regret to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
with a start; in a fright; alarmedly
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
high-capacity; high-volume
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
hard worker; person who perseveres; person who doesn't give up; eager beaver; bitter-ender
diamond; diamond; infield; diamonds (suit)
passion; ardor; enthusiasm; The Passion