to master something (through personal experience)
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
needy circumstances; living in poverty
amount of money; sum of money
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
income; receipts; revenue
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
hole; hole (in golf); (golf) cup; (electron) hole
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
occupation; calling; livelihood
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
dry taste (e.g. sake, wine); a liking for sake; one who likes sake; salty (taste); harsh; scathing
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with