to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
good humour (humor); good mood
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave on one's liver
fault; trouble; damage (to a part of the body); injury; problem; hitch
to run a shop; to have a shop
tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
shop; store; establishment; restaurant
not yet fixed; undecided; pending; TBD
matching dice; doublets; bet on two horses in the same bracket; repdigit; monodigit
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
making a swift decision; making immediate decisions and taking quick actions
4th day of the month; four days
central part; heart (of a city, etc.)
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
unaffected and sincere, with fortitude and vigor (vigour)
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
polite; courteous; hospitable; careful; handled with great care; treated with attention
slender build; slender figure; leptosome; leptosomatic habit
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn
encouragement; urging; spurring on
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!