regular customer; valued client
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
reverse side; opposite (of the expected); purl stitch (knitting)
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
tacit; unspoken; implicit
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
reality; actuality; hard fact
buying (in large quantities); (wholesale) purchase; buying in; (one's) usual (store, supplier, etc.); regular; favourite (brand, shop, etc.)
not yet known; unknown; strange
wandering; roaming; drifting
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
business trip; official trip
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in a web browser)
to be lifted up (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to be raised; to be hoisted; to turn upward (esp. of eyes); to slant upward
to distinguish by smell; to smell the difference (between); to scent out; to discern (one thing from another); to determine
paying back a favour; repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
favour; favor; obligation; kindness; benevolence
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
miscellaneous duties; (trivial) routine tasks; small jobs; odd jobs
(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
getting an advance (on one's salary)
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
settlement; solution; resolution
mechanical pencil; automatic pencil; propelling pencil
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
pigment; paint; colour; color
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything