independence / support *oneself / self-support / become self-supporting / become independent / stand on *one's own two feet / self-reliance / be independent / stand alone / standing alone / standing on *one's own two feet

preparation

low social rank

tie-up / sluggish / accumulation / be delayed / be behind with one's work / be behind in one's work / be belated / the congestion of traffic / stagnation / be tied-up / accumulate / falling into arrears / stagnate / pile up / <<bills>> pile up (and be left unpaid) / delay / fall into arrears

tie-up / be tied up / bottleneck / stagnation / piling up / accumulate / stagnating / stagnate / pile up / be bottlenecked / congestion / pile-up / accumulation / being tied up / accumulating

baby talk

singular point

substance / matter / material

material

we / our / ourselves / us