first day of the month; the first of the month
late at night; at a late hour
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
boy; son; baby boy; young man
middle of the night; dead of night
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
laptop (computer); notebook (computer)
display; (computer) display; monitor
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
deadline; closing; closing (a door, window, etc.); cofferdam
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); hospital pharmacy; dispensary
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to manage something successfully; to be successful
continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
the number of people; many people; a large number of people
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing; creating (a file, website, account, etc.)
finish; finishing; finishing touches
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense)
crash (esp. of a vehicle); crash; kurash (Central Asian form of wrestling)