specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
firm; strong; solid; stable
proposal; offer; request; application
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
physical condition; state of health
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
action; operation; effect; function
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that
to be worried; to be troubled
busy; having no (free) time
falling asleep easily; finding it easy to fall asleep
to become better; to improve
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to spend time (on doing something)
tendency; trend; inclination
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
to take on a role; to take part
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
to make a speech; to address
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
swallowing without chewing; swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning
otherwise; or else; if not
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
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them