technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
battlefield; battleground
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
around the clock; day and night
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one
considerably; fairly; quite
pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance
(medical) follow-up; observation
control; management (e.g. of a business)
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
exploitation; overuse; abuse
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
appreciation; thanks; gratitude
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
oil; petroleum; oil; lubricant; (cooking) oil; (massage) oil; ointment
copper (Cu); bronze (medal)
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to be worn out (from domestic life)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which