hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
as you see; as you can see
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
opposite side; opposition
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
opposite side; other side; other party
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
and; thereupon; because of that
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
question; inquiry; enquiry
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to collect; to assemble; to gather
overly polite; excessively polite; polite to a fault
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state