group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
to hire for exclusive use; to reserve; to charter
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
to reserve (for exclusive use); to charter; to book; to lend out completely; to lend out all of (something)
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
Engel's coefficient; proportion of one's income spent on food
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
absence; disregard; indifference
strong-willed; strong of heart
calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
assistant; adjunct; lieutenant
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to differ; to vary; to disagree
to see well in the dark; to have good night vision
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion
to say (something) over one's shoulder
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
to put into the mouth; to eat
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
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