physical culture; bodybuilding (body development, not necessarily weightlifting)
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to joke around; to do and say ridiculous things
muscle training; resistance training; strength training
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
thickly; stickily; viscously
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
minute adjustment; fine tuning
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
comma; decimal point; radix point
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
few decades; many decades; several decades
optimization; optimisation
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to polish up; to shine up
for some (unspecified) reason
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
difference; variation; difference
consideration; taking into account
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance