posing and moving the fingers as an art form; finger-tutting
sacrifice sale; bargain sale; discount sale
hard (life); tough (world)
to be oversensitive; to be nervous; to be overly concerned; to worry too much
in bad taste; problematic; of poor character
toot (e.g. of trumpet); honk (e.g. of klaxon); beep; farting sound; sound of something being inflated; puff
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
bubbliness (of a carbonated drink); sound of bubbles (of a carbonated drink); fluffiness (of a cake, souffle, whipped cream)
remains; corpse; (dead) body
sneak thief; petty thief; cat burglar
house hunting; searching an entire house; searching a house thoroughly
mapping; aligning related information, objects, etc.; mapping; mapping; cartography
to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)
uncharted territory; unknown waters; unfamiliar terrain
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to awake from one's sleep
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
blunder; (careless) mistake; error
long ago; once upon a time
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
value to society; raison d'être; existence value
discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced
clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong; continuously; incessantly; one after another
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
one's share; one's portion
pitch dark; total darkness
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement
even if ...; even supposing that ...
to inherit; to receive; to take over by transfer
to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl; to shift position (of an object)