short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossidae spp.); spiny anteater
bye-bye; good-bye; see you; so long
drinking and vomiting; coming and going
now that it's come to this; since it's come to this
Executive Office of the President (USA, etc.)
to prove; to verify; to guarantee; to promise
he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; (lit.) fleeing is winning
it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London
breath; breathing; tone; mood
palace; hall; shrine; hall of fame
quitting while one is ahead
the end of the line; the end of the road; curtains
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
official residence (e.g. of the prime minister)
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
hibernation; winter sleep; torpor
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off
all-out attack; general offensive
disorder; chaos; confusion
remaining; left-over; excess
declaration; statement; proclamation
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
loading; charging; filling
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again