yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
regular holiday; fixed day off; regular closing day
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
leaving everything up to someone else
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to pry (open); to prise; to wrench
back (of a chair); backrest
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
field of activities; area of activity; range of behavior (behaviour); habitat
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
business; work; operations; service; duties
one class (of students); one group (of people); one set (of items); one pair
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through
paper patch attached to something; paper backing; sticker; notice; poster
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
germ; germs; bacteria; something dirty or harmful; vermin