short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossidae spp.); spiny anteater
bad (fictitious) bill; empty promise
drinking and vomiting; coming and going
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
to rove; to prowl; to go cruising
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
emphatic verbal prefix; humble verbal prefix
cross mark; demerit mark; an X
worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
mechanism; mechanics; machines; mechanic
locking on (to a target, esp. by radar)
filling (up); replenishing; filling in (tooth); loading (gun with ammunition, camera with film, etc.); packing; plugging
to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer
ray (any fish of superorder Batoidea)
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable
to lure someone; to entice someone
to be exhausted; to be tired out
one of these days; someday; one day
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
pure heart; naivete; innocence