work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
favorite pupil; favourite pupil; teacher's pet
to manage something successfully; to be successful
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to cut corners; to be shoddy
(not) even once; (not) ever
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to be surprised; to be astonished
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing