way; method; means; resource; course
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
being very busy; busyness
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
Jon; John; Gjon; Jonathan
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)
rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways
to employ; to hire; to charter
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
independent business; self-employment
clear writing; specification
settlement money; compensation to settle a case out of court
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
conversion; shift; about-face; switch
tumor; tumour; swelling; boil; abscess
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
polar regions; the pole; farthest land; ends of the earth
whatever brought that on?
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
slow (slightly pejorative); dull; stupid
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
one room apartment; studio apartment
bungee-jumping; bungee jump
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
all one has; all one's possessions