that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
in this way; thus; such; uh...
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
book; volume; this; present; main; head
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
aforementioned; above-mentioned
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
conditions of a location; suitability of a location; convenience of a location
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
technical book; specialized book; treatise
Chinese book; Chinese classics
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
in that way; thus; so; so?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...