beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
principal occupation; core business
interval; break; pause; spare moment
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
packing; crating; packaging
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
as before; as ever; as it was originally
business; trade; operations; sales
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
evening meal; dinner; supper
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
preparation; arrangements
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage