guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to proceed though deadlocked; to be carried over (e.g. to next meeting); to go into a shootout (e.g. sport)
being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
laughing foolishly; cackling
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
to use one's intuition; to use one's instinct; to use one's head
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
with all one's strength; with all one's might
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
water's edge; beach; foreshore
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
to call in; to invite; to bring in
the more one looks (at it) the more...
to use up all one's strength
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
with a clang or a clink; tinkle
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
to dry up completely; to become stale
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze