regular customer; valued client
discernment; penetration; insight; intellectual acumen
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
street; quarter; district; area
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
minutely; in detail; with particular attention
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
to run a shop; to have a shop
(received) favor, kindness or blessing (favour)
to trade in (commercial goods); to deal in; to sell
storehouse; warehouse; godown
luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco); indulgence; something consumed for taste or stimulant effect rather than nourishment
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
to take the lead (in doing); to take the initiative; to be the leader
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
subordinate work; assistant; servant
without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately
everything; anything; nothing
rustling; refreshing; clearly
the number of flat things; win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
otherwise; if not; or else
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
common knowledge; well-known fact
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
cosmetics; toilet articles
to continue to do; to persist in doing
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); woman who works in an adult entertainment business; demimondaine; prostitute
to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed