to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
big hit; big prize; bumper crop; striking it rich; right on the mark; bonanza
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
discouragement; disappointment
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
old hag; old woman; old bat
tips of one's hair; hair ends
perm (hairstyle); permanent wave
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
person of importance; a somebody; absolutely; certainly; to be sure
roleplay (e.g. in RPG computer games)
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
opposite side; opposition
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to breathe out; to exhale
established practice; custom
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to mark the end; to spell the end
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
transport; transportation
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
observational humour; observational comedy
being about to cry; the verge of tears