opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
opening a business; opening a practice
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
ignorant of the ways of the world
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
to have a smattering knowledge of
to set up shop; to open a store
space (room, area, outer space)
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords
aimlessly; by chance; accidentally; casually; suddenly; unexpectedly
to run a shop; to have a shop
good old; good old-fashioned
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
bread flour (high gluten); strong flour; hard flour
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
store interior; inside of a shop
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee; going inside a shop; opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)
tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
food; food products; foodstuffs