satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
venereal disease; sexually transmitted infection; sexually transmitted disease; VD; STI; STD
based on; built on; made from
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
presumption; assumption; estimation
break in time; interruption; pause
labor; labour; toil; hardship
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
taking dictation; note-taking
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
on bad terms; at loggerheads
heart attack; angina pectoris
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
(the condition of) one's health
degenerative; regressive; retrogressive
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
evaporation; dispersion; dissipation
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
research area; field of research
influence; clout; leverage
general anesthesia; general anaesthesia
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)