Pull strings (use influence)

　　Hit the book：

　　Stove

　　Swap

　　Convert

　　Hose

　　Unfazed

　　Awkward

　　Be obsessed with

　　Tinker

　　"We were running out of money and had a binding lease for three years for a large and expensive office. The first real cut I could make was to stop renting my home, which would give me another wage but meant I had to move into the office."