Idiom:

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."