treat (esp. food and drink); entertainment; treating someone (to a meal); gorgeous dinner; feast; excellent food
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
observation; survey; watching
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
special occupation; principal occupation; specialty; monopoly
build; physique; frame; constitution
bent back; hunchback; stoop
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
tendency; trend; inclination
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
worthy of special mention
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy
revising (a manuscript); rewriting; revised manuscript
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
material; materials; data; information; documents
the same; the said; likewise
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to read (extra meaning) into (something); to take (future changes) into consideration; to load (data); to read
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
sincere; earnest; serious
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to be discouraged; to shrink from
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
absorption; suction; attraction
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
strength; power; proficiency; ability
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge