stacking flat and face up (magazines, books, etc.)
counter for books; volume
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
detonator; priming; primer; trigger; impetus; spark
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
press; print shop; printing office
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
foreign; abroad; overseas
mass communication; mass media
interview (on television, in a newspaper, etc.)
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
with a bang bang (e.g. repeated sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace; with great vigor
bachelor's life; life of a bachelor
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
after making the rounds; after having passed through many hands; after going through many places; eventually
making (a book, etc.) into a film; adapting for the screen
right (to do something); authority; power
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
cast (of a film, play, etc.); cast member; casting (a line); casting (video, audio, etc.); (type) casting
to run aground; to strike a rock; to be stranded on a reef; to reach a deadlock; to come to a standstill; to run into difficulties
putting beneath other goods; being at the bottom of the pile; lowly position; bottom (of the ladder); obscurity
star (actor, athlete, etc.); celebrity; star (symbol); asterisk; (celestial) star
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
migration; move; emigration; immigration
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings
to quit one's job; to resign
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
slight intoxication; being tipsy; mellowness