precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation
minutely; in detail; with particular attention
business person; operator; carrier (telecommunications, transport, etc.)
record (e.g. LP); record (e.g. in sports); record (data structure)
sticky paper slip; sticky note
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
incidental; ancillary; accessory; secondary; collateral
materials; data; document
strangulation; strangling
elopement; running away with a lover
cares; ill feeling; reserve
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
master; teacher; stable master
that's a different matter; that's a different story
stopping functioning; being out of service
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
to twist (yarn); to lay (rope)
mechanism; organization; organisation
profitable; worn-out; crumbling
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
academic book; scholarly book; learned book; tome
reason; cause; circumstances
sense of beauty; aesthetic sense
that is to say; so that means
to become experienced (after many years of practice)
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
lingering scent; lingering fragrance; residual aroma
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
unprecedented; never seen before
home ground; home field; one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain
account book; register; ledger
binder; clipboard; binding machine (wheat, etc.); binder