term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
to cramp; to be cramped; to contract
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
antsy; agitated; irritated; anxious; vexed
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool
vigor; vigour; ardor; ardour; high spirits
folding knife; clasp-knife; penknife
looking on from afar; being a spectator
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
the same generation; coeval
reigning; controlling; dictating
to take a commission; to take a cut; to take a piece of the action; to take a kickback
reduced drawing; miniature copy; microcosm; microcosmos
to set somebody to work in an arrogant fashion; to push somebody around; (lit.) to indicate by pointing one's chin; to chatter; to jaw; to jabber
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
don't talk nonsense; (lit.) sleep talk after you go to sleep
sworn younger brother; junior male peer (in a club, group, etc.)
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
toot (e.g. of trumpet); honk (e.g. of klaxon); beep; farting sound; sound of something being inflated; puff
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
spinning the opposite way; backspin (tennis, baseball); counter
focus (of a lens); focal point; point (of a discussion, e.g. on-point, off-point)
to heap abuse upon (a person); to criticize strongly; to blast (someone)
same generation; one's generation
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
woman's beauty or charms; love affair with a woman; lust for women
guarantor; surety; person responsible for another's behavior
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
nursery school; day nursery; preschool
to get stuck in; to be mired in; to be addicted to
to rally; to make a comeback
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
common front; united front
hair dye; hair coloring; hair colouring
to flatter; to play up to; to fawn on; to pander to; to cater to