empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to look away; to avert one's eyes
chilly; unpleasantly cold
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
leaving everything up to someone else
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
to drink up; to drain (cup)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to be consistent; to be coherent
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
service dog (for the disabled, etc.)
quiet (e.g. neighbourhood); peaceful; tranquil
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
beforehand; in advance; previously
verbal message; word (from someone)
witnessing; observing; sighting
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude