serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
shopping; purchased goods
to play a part; to get involved; to take a share; to share the burden
Liddell; Lidell; Riddell; Ridel
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
preface; introduction; preamble
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
time; season; period; phase; stage
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
cleaning up (enemy remnants); sweeping clean (of opponents); mopping up
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to be helpful; to be useful
competent; suitable; qualified
drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation
guardian; protector; patron; parent
virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith
restraint; restriction; control; check
bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed