period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
regular customer; valued client
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
a little less than; a little under; weakness; the weak; -lower (seismic intensity)
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
vineyard; vinery; grape plantation
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to assort; to classify; to journalize (in accounting); to journalise
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
(written) contract; agreement
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
contract; compact; agreement
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
supply; provision; raising; procurement
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
under repair; out of service; being adjusted
stature; body height; one's means; one's status; one's ability
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
shortage; amount outstanding (e.g. on loan); deficit
cosmetics; beauty products; toiletries; makeup
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
glass bottle; glass jar; phial; vial
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
water wheel; water turbine; hydraulic turbine; (arch.) violent wielding of weapons
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
stone mortar; millstone; quern
to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold