to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
kitchen; financial situation
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
perception; sensing; noticing
in good health; alive and well; going strong
to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
topic of discussion; agenda
accounting; administration (of money)
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
net news; network news; Usenet
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
work; business; company; study
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
automatic lock; automatic door-locking system
toilet seat with bidet functions
apartment with one bedroom and a combined living room, dining room and kitchen
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
article; thing; object; property; real estate
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)
daily (living) necessities; necessities; essentials for life
city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis
high-rise apartment building; high-rise condominium; tower block
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
jokingly; in the form of a joke