personal use; private use; private business; personal business
layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms
obvious; (as) clear as day; plain to see
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
one jump; one flight; (at) once; (in) one stroke
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; gibe
attendant; person who looks after one's needs; caretaker
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
self-analysis; autoanalysis
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
but; however; even though; even if
points of improvement; improved areas; points needing improvement; problem areas
to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength
astounding; tremendous; wild; crazy; exorbitant; outrageous
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; throwing a ball as hard as one can
to spend time (on doing something)
what did you do?; is anything the matter?; what seems to be the problem?; can I help you?
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
everything; anything; nothing
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
stock raising; livestock industry
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
being dotted about; being scattered; being interspersed
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
riparian works; flood-control works