failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
assessment (of value, damages, etc.); revision (of a budget)
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
counter for things inside a bag
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
approximation; rough estimate; ballpark figure
privately run store; one-man business; mom-and-pop store
inspection; audit; judgement; judgment
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
to balance the accounts; to make consistent; to make coherent
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
sense for (how to use) money; money sense
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
addition; adding; supplement
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
word; word; Word; Microsoft Word
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
obedience; submission; resignation
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
stepwise; one step at a time
to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to join together; to combine; to join up
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
maintaining the status quo
versatility; multiplicity of use
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)