regular customer; valued client
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
several people; a few people
cheap restaurant; eating place (house)
eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking
to sell like hot cakes; to fly off the shelves
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment
lie; fib; falsehood; untruth
virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
another time; some other time
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to know thoroughly; to have full knowledge of
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
residence; living (at, in); abode
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
to treat as a joke; to do jokingly
to try all possible means
11th day of the month; 11 days
financial support; funding; support fund; subvention
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
talk; dialogue; conversation
removal (of a building, equipment, etc.); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (a stage set, camp, etc.); withdrawal (of troops); pulling out; evacuation
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
troupe; theatrical company
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)