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bookshop; bookstore

2

at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

2

unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking

3

denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like

2

means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

2

to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

1

home area; home town; local

2

named after; associated with; connected with

2

ardent; passionate; vehement

2

indelible scene of one's childhood; earliest remembered scene

1

one's own effort

1

to live; to make a living; to get on with

1

ardor; enthusiasm

1

terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful

1

sales; demand

1

to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)

5

to sell like hot cakes; to fly off the shelves

1

after a short time; in a short while; a short time later

1

to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter

2

estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately

2

stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving

1

lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help

2

professional

1

notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding

1

to buy all (of something) one can get one's hands on; to buy up; to scoop up

2

commercial value; commodity value; marketability

1

tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

1

mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short

1

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

2

pricing; (price) positioning

2

still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less

1

coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

1

meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

1

first day; opening day

1

spring sunshine; springtime

1

completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot

1

opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)

1

baptism

1

sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive

1

to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

1

trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing

1

to underrate; to make light of

1

even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

4

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

1

stock; inventory

2

fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion

1

to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on

1

working capital

1

to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

1

to yearn for (someone, something); to miss

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