colourful; colorful; multicoloured; various; varied; variegated
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
a great variety of; diversity
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
price decision; price setting; pricing
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to people
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
earrings (for pierced ears); ear piercing; body piercing
to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple
gentle; quiet; mild; quiet (color, pattern, etc.); sober
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to compare with the eye; to judge by comparison; to take into consideration; to bear in mind
feel when biting; manner of enunciation
one point; stitched ornament; small needlepoint design; relief pitcher brought in to face one batter
cut; cutting; omission; cutting; haircut; (continuous) shot (in a film or TV show); illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.)
crystal glass; lead glass
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
(in the) palm of someone's hand; (under) someone's complete control; (at) someone's mercy
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene