road through the middle; middle road
leaving work (office, school) early
driving rain; rainstorm; wind and rain
thrusting down (winning technique)
failing to practice what one preaches
to be free; to be available
fickle; inconstant; capricious; having many romantic interests
sleep brings up a child well; a well-slept child is a well-kept child
grape sugar; glucose; dextrose
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
in flagrante delicto arrest; arrest of somebody in the act of committing a crime
cooperation; mutual aid (help)
to go on about (one's love affairs); to speak proudly of (one's spouse, girlfriend, etc.); to speak fondly of
to ooze; to exude; to percolate; to soak through
central government office; head office; this office
snack (to have with a drink); side dish
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
way; course; the only way
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
suitable; satisfactory; desirable
toxicity; virulence; toxic; virulent; poisonous
bargain sale; selling cheaply; giving out freely
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of