straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
close-fitting trousers; long underwear
manner of using one's hands
(printed) instructions; manual; explanatory leaflet (pamphlet, note); description
belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
not completely unthinkable; not impossible
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group; to shun
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
precarious situation; precarious state
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly
key to a solution; first step toward a solution; thread to unravel a mystery
connotation; comprehension; intension; inclusion; containment within
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
proposal; motion; recommendation
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
authenticity; credibility
corpuscle; minute particle; particulate
breakthrough; great discovery
hereabouts; around there; that area
outside of one's area of expertise
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
to oil (e.g. chains, hinges, etc.)
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says