to win; to achieve; to gain; to obtain; to secure
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)
daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer
in the morning; during the morning
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
advance payment; money paid in advance
main street (as opposed to a side street); high street
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
way one walks; one's walk
to treat (someone) to (something); to give (someone) a treat; to buy (someone a meal, drink, etc.); to be extravagant; to live in luxury
casual income; extraordinary revenue; incidental income; nonrecurring income; perquisite
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
(blue-collar) worker; laborer; labourer
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
midwinter; dead of winter
looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
hospitality industry; service trade (hotel and restaurant); service industry
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
emptiness; being empty; not carrying anything; unburdened; dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.); false
(handling) fee; charge (e.g. for a cancellation); commission; brokerage
fee; charge; rate; material
one meal; one meal (a day)
two meals; (eating) two meals a day
100,000; hundred thousand
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
there being no use in arguing (about it); not up for discussion
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
same room; sharing a room; occupying the same room
fast (asleep); snoring or grumbling sound
one by one; one after another; successively