employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
peak period; pinnacle; prime; zenith; glory days
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
deep emotion; being filled with emotion
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
promotion (school, military, etc.)
such; this sort of; like this
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
time; season; period; phase; stage
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
with a start; with a jump
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
if so; in that case; in that situation
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
mistaken memory; trick of the memory; slip of the memory
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
story; tale; talk; discussion
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late