abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
it's (so cheap it's) a steal!; (lit.) take it away, thief
half the amount (of money); half price; half fare
business ability; business acumen
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
barker; tout; hawker; calling out to potential customers
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
store interior; inside of a shop