personal use; private use; private business; personal business
urgent; requiring quick (response)
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
to send (something unsolicited); to send without the receiver's request
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
this and that; one thing and another
caustic soda; sodium hydroxide
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
time; hour; season; time of the year
causticity; corrosiveness
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
(translucent) aqueous solution
helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
finished product; finished goods; completed article
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
warming (something) in a vessel placed in hot water
pomade; balm; perfumed oil
retaining warmth; keeping heat in; heat insulation
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)