to soothe; to calm; to pacify
human; human-like; as a person
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
pleased to make your acquaintance
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
made-to-order; custom-made
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to be itching to put one's skills to use
fine product; masterpiece
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
inferior goods; defective product; defective goods
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
all one has; all one's possessions
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
manners; courtesy; etiquette
to ask a high price; to overcharge
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
miser; niggard; cheapskate
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
merchant of death; arms dealer
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to speak ill of; to disparage
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to dispose of; to sell off
to complain; to make a complaint