salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
very easy; piece of cake; child's play; before breakfast
emergency measure; emergency procedures; first-aid treatment; stop-gap treatment; temporary repairs
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
substantial matter; significant item
(medical) doctor; physician
large seal; large stamp; seal of approval; guarantee; endorsement
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
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
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
business; trade; operations; sales
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to laugh away; to laugh off
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
customer traffic; customers; custom
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
choosing a site (e.g. for industry); deciding on a location; standpoint; position
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
chiffon cake; sponge cake
teatime; tea break; coffee break