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Usage examples of shop.

Evidently, the Acme shop simply carried red primroses, of the species primula obconica because there was a call for them.

It was chance, Harry was sure, that had taken Paula to the Hong Kong Shop after she had bought red primroses at the Acme Florists.

The cab passed the Acme Florists on the way, and Harry saw Darvel give the shop a sharp look, but that was the only incident, until they reached Chinatown.

The lighted window represented the Acme Florist Shop, which dealt in various specialties and always stayed open late.

The reason is that the yellow pages are the prime reference for re- 4 actionary shopping.

He guessed correctly about where she was heading: back to the acupuncture shop.

Also remember to keep your profit margins as tight as possible because, as in infomercial advertising, the markup must be high for the TV shopping channel to make money.

Athenian Agora, which housed not only shops and markets but government and law offices, the mint for coining money, and the prison.

Stonehampton, among the low wharves and wooden warehouses, which stood along the flat banks, jumbled up with streets and ferries, queer one-storied shops and verandahed dwelling-houses, closed in with yellow alamandas, passion fruit, and orange begonias.

Following him, Alec discovered a comfortable sitting room behind the shop.

The sitting room fire had been banked, however, meaning the master of the house was not coming down again before morning- Alec took a lightstone on a handle from his tool roll and shielded it with one hand as he crept to the door leading to the shop.

Then Alee, pulling himself slowly away from the counter, went from the shop.

Adam saw Paul, the innkeeper, standing under his new alestake, and the two near-neighbors nodded to each other as Adam, still grinning, turned off to the left, up the street beside his shop.

Assantikkan and did business in the Assantikkan quarter, Almered al zef Bakkuran had a shop in the Cassorin style rather than an open stall in the bazaar.

Graciela watched the visitors as they sat at the pavement cafes drinking aperitives or shopping at the pescaderia - the fish market, or thefarmacia.