employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
chai; spiced Indian tea (usu. boiled in milk)
to taste; to try (food or drink)
settlement; solution; resolution
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
feeling; sense; impression
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
this and that; one thing or another
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to be found; to be discovered
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to rock; to shake; to swing
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
unable to concentrate on (due to distractions, etc.)
business; trade; operations; sales
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to rest one's chin in one's hands
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to sweep the slate clean; to start again from the beginning; to do it all over again
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted