small business; micro-enterprise; microenterprise
adding (equipment, facilities, etc.); establishing more; installing more; increase; extension; expansion
ophthalmologist; eye specialist
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
while alive (e.g. I won't allow ... while I'm alive); as long as one lives
position in a game; state of the game; situation; stage; phase
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
the ocean; the great deep
domestic air route; domestic airline (company)
faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy
to begin talking; to open up
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
profound (respect, gratitude, etc.); deep; careful (consideration)
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
deliberation; (thoughtful) consideration; to consider a matter carefully
easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick
doing as one is told; yes-man
choux (pastry); cream puff
pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names
sound of operation; operation noise; running noise
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
losing oneself (in); being absorbed (in); forgetting oneself
move with haste (when you have no doubts); strike while the iron is hot
longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
to get between; to be caught in
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked