need; want; necessity; costs; expenses
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to work hard; to toil; to moil; to keep one's nose to the grindstone; to slug away
mercantile mind-set; mercenary spirit; being intent on making a profit
construction area; section of a construction project
kid; young goat; goatling
every evening; every night
things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy; (lit.) the wholesaler won't sell it like that
owlet moth (members of the family Noctuidae); noctuid
to make a name for oneself; to achieve success
green calabash; unripe gourd; scrawny, pale person; sallow-faced person
to give up smoking; to stop smoking
the feel or performance of a pen
to have an acute sense of smell; to have a good nose (for bargains, something amiss, etc.); to have a keen nose; to have an ability to quickly uncover things
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
housecall (doctor, nurse); outcall (prostitute)
old soldier; veteran; old hand
cough medicine; cough syrup; cough lozenge
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
good looks; pretty woman; good-looking woman
it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place one should see that all is in good order
unloading (cargo, etc.); discharge
fickle nature; flighty temperament; inconstant person
advisor; adviser (to a lord, etc.); wise counselor allowed to speak to a lord without restraint
buying price; cost price; purchase price
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well