north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
commerce; trade; business
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
bank; banking institution
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); (arch.) to take responsibility for; (arch.) to be liable for
principal occupation; core business
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
to add (to); to add on; to append
that is to say; so that means
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
3rd day of the month; three days
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
substance; essence; substantive; substantial; in essence; in effect
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death