was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
correction; rectification; mending; repair
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
impossible; unlikely; improbable
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
to employ; to hire; to charter
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
raw materials; ingredients
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
starting a business; promotion of enterprise
within; inside of; less than
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
reality; actuality; hard fact
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
championship; title (of champion)
to get away without consequences; to get off scot-free
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
electricity; (electric) light
cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
war; battle; match; game; competition
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
somehow; for some reason or other
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper