legislation; development of laws
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
circumference; perimeter; work outside the office; outer tracks (in a loop or curve)
business conditions; business category; line of business
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
(doing something) for money; being mercenary
business; trade; operations; sales
wallet; purse; coin purse; billfold; pocketbook
asleep (in bed); sick in bed
to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
point in question (at issue)
endless argument; pointless argument; fruitless dispute; futile discussion; (lit.) argument over whose field to water (during a drought)
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
customers losing interest in product or shop
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
regular customer; valued client
(present) head of a family
approval; license; licence; permission
tax source; source of taxation revenue; taxable item
government permission; official licence; official license; government permit
red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter
absentmindedly; dazedly; vaguely
make-up; makeup; cosmetics; decoration; dressing; veneer
waiting room; duty room; standby room
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
yeah, yeah; whatever; yes; sure; hello; giddy-up
essential oil; volatile oil; refined oil
last week; the week before
white makeup powder; (face) powder