to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
(speaking) bluntly; frankly; straightforwardly; openly; directly; unhesitantingly
to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly
poverty; penury; want; (arch.) insufficiency; (arch.) shortage; (arch.) deficiency
Lamborghini (car company)
(spaghetti alla) carbonara
palm heel; heel of the palm
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
hill size (in ski jumping); HS
deck (of a ship); deck (attached to a building); platform (at the end of a railway passenger car); vestibule; observation deck (esp. at an airport); tape deck; deck (of cards)
weather girl; female TV weather presenter
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
programme; program; plans; arrangements
ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
within eyeshot; within sight; in view
cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship); (lit.) dogs and monkeys
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
heaven and earth; the universe; land; world; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
collection of short stories; collected short stories
original story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; this volume; the movie (as opposed to the trailers; at a movie theater); feature film (main item in a cinema program); movie based on a TV series
tough (world); hard (times); cold; stingy; miserly; mercenary
disk operating system; DOS
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
strength training; resistance training; muscle-building
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up
indiscriminate shooting; random shooting; firing blindly