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(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge

2

accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)

2

as ordered

1

half-roasted; half-baked; rare

2

section; cross section; profile

2

tools and materials; equipment and materials

15

depreciation

3

amount of tax

1

pricing; (price) positioning

4

conscientious; reasonable (e.g. price); honest; honorable

3

consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study

7

to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed

6

thought to be; seen as

1

waitress

10

improvement in efficiency

1

excess personnel; redundant staff

2

to put into the mouth; to eat

1

customer base; constituency; customer segment; patron base; clientele

1

to get on; to climb on

3

one's home; one's house

10

only; just

3

bachelor; single male

2

cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself

1

(just) one's imagination

4

appetite (for food)

3

obstruction of business; interference with business

3

plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy

2

from what (I've) seen; given that ...

2

manner (with others); attitude

2

human face

4

to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through

2

(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly

3

to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth

1

outsider; someone outside of a group

9

to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset

2

things to be washed; (dirty) dishes; laundry; washing

2

detailed inspection; thorough examination; checking

2

what do you want?; can I help you?

1

straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt

5

to throw into

6

to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing

1

open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest

1

wariness

12

no; nay; disagreement; objection; disapproval

5

cost of a meal (or meals)

3

right to know; right to access information

1

to help each other; to cooperate

3

close; intimate; on good terms

5

Ira

4

childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

8