restaurant (esp. Western-style)
regular customer; general audience; general public
brand; make; description; trading name of stocks and securities
other side; opposite side; other party
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
good-for-nothing son; profligate son
to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
to interlace; to interweave
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
inferior goods; defective product; defective goods
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
main cause; primary factor
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
baton (of command); order; command; direction
undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy
hobby friend; friend gained through common interests or personality
to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together
to live together; to be close friends; (lit.) to eat out of the same pot
chasing after women; womanizing
to polish up (on); to refine; to hone; to polish (by rubbing)
foul-smelling; stinking; intolerable (behaviour, attitude, etc.); unbearable; disgusting
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin