packed meal; packed food; packed lunch; bag lunch
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
standing together in a disorderly fashion; standing close around; crowding together; flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)
large number (of); many; majority
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
sales; selling; marketing
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
open one's eyes wide; with eyes open like saucers
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
to wear (formal clothing) in a casual fashion
lining; land that does not adjoin to public or private roads
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
nightlife; night amusements
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
anti-itch medication; antipruritic drug
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary