to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to jump from one thing to another
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
to approach; to draw near
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
high street; town centre (center)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to need; to call for; to require
physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics
serious damage; injury or loss; heavy blow
to gather; to collect; to assemble
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to be conspicuous; to stand out
difficult to ...; hard to ...
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
because of; owing to; due to
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to collect; to assemble; to gather
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to be able to manage somehow or another