small business; micro-enterprise; microenterprise
losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down
adding (equipment, facilities, etc.); establishing more; installing more; increase; extension; expansion
claim (for compensation); customer complaint seeking compensation; (general) complaint; objection
ophthalmologist; eye specialist
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
crop; harvest; income; profits; loaded (e.g. intermodal containers in the transport industry)
to serve; to work for; to attend
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
just managing; with great difficulty
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
to smile broadly; to grin widely
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient in some way; lacking something
small mustache; short mustache
to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate
while alive (e.g. I won't allow ... while I'm alive); as long as one lives
you (plural); all of you; you all
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
future; prospects; outlook; journey ahead; distance yet to cover
position in a game; state of the game; situation; stage; phase
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
to be lifted up (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to be raised; to be hoisted; to turn upward (esp. of eyes); to slant upward
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
to be overawed; to be overwhelmed; to be overcome; to be intimidated; to be daunted
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback