master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
hedge; fence; border; limit
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
here and there; in places
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
rope; cord; policeman's rope
that's the way it is; such is life
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
to fall into another's hands
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
discussion; discourse; lecture; sermon
basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
start; beginning; first step; clue
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
craft; cunning; guile; serpentine wisdom
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
to be helpful; to be useful
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap