business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
(physical) growth; development
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
direct; frank; straightforward; decisive; prompt
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
the way one works; one's working manner
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
same trade; same business; same profession
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source