(phr) to be working for yourself

(phr) to be able to work/have flexible hours

(phr) to take/have some time off work because of an illness

(phr) to join/be in a row of striking workers who protest against sth and obstruct the entrance to a place

(idm) to explain to sb how to do a job

(idm) to get a chance to work in a company

(idm) to spend some time recovering from sth

(idm) to watch sb's activities in a way that makes them uncomfortable

(idm) to be in charge and make decisions

(idm) to stop working for the day 

sb who works for an expert so as to learn a job

a craft 

to increase, to improve

the craft of woodwork

to assign a task to sb

education

skilful (at doing sth)

(phr) a wealth of

(phr) to tend to do sth

to forcefully make sb do/accept sth 

persistence

self-restraint

a tool for making holes

to renovate

the cost of an educational course

a precise understanding of sth

shocked and discouraged

no longer in use, old-fashioned

care and maintenance