stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus); subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
fruit knife; paring knife
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
honour; honor; glory; privilege
it is I who should say so
right side; right-hand side
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope
to do in earnest; to concentrate on; to apply one's mind to
to be impressed; to greatly admire
early (days); initial stage; initial
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
to backfire; to have a harmful result
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together; clamp; cramp (metal); tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together)
carelessly; inattentively
countryside people (in town); visitor from the country; out-of-towner; country bumpkin (visiting the big city); yokel
home ground; home field; one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
capable of anything; liable to do
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar