guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
career technician; man in the technical line
steady; sound; reliable; solid
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
prime of one's working life
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
new building; new construction
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
critical year in one's life; inauspicious year
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
quirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
having said that; on the other hand
jam-packed; packed; packed like sardines
class; heading; group; category
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
branch office; branch store
at first; initially; in the beginning
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
particularly; only; in the case of