serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
standard; set; routine; decided
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
going out of business; closing a shop; exiting a store; leaving a shop
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
polite; respectful; reverent
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
by myself; in person; by oneself
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
wicker trunk; wicker luggage
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
to turn round; to face about; to turn about