side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
earnings forecast (outlook, projection)
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
to make absolutely sure; to make doubly sure
postponement; deferment; adjournment
cut; reduction; curtailment
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
reactionary fall (e.g. in stock prices)
business plan; business schedule; project
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
preference; priority; precedence
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient