with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; here and there; (sound of) walking slowly
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
(so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last
orthopedics; plastic surgery; cosmetic surgery; smoothing (bursty traffic, etc.); shaping; fairing
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
following someone through a locked door, thus obtaining unauthorized access
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
no skin off my nose; somebody else's problem; (lit.) fire on the opposite shore
kitchen; financial situation
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
cocoa (beverage, cocoa solids); hot chocolate
urine; small amount of water
to play with fire; to do something very dangerous; to take a great risk; (lit.) to step on a tiger's tail
waste matter; waste; garbage; trash
whatever (the case may be)
going up and down; rising and falling
to walk (a bicycle, scooter, etc.); to push; to wheel
sole (of a shoe); sole (fish)
normalization (of a social problem, of a situation, etc.)
huge; enormous; great big
greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse
antlion (larva); doodlebug; antlion pit
to be careful; to take the utmost care
scraps of seaweed; death at sea (metaphor)
to be lonely at the top; to be left high and dry by one's friends; (lit.) to have the ladder pulled out from under one
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
father's side of family; paternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
one's relatives by blood and marriage (in blood and law); one's kith and kin
internal trouble; domestic trouble