easygoing; optimistic; conceited
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
fair exchange; equivalent exchange; exchange of equal value
absolute amount; absolute quantity
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
gentle; mild; meek; tender
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
cold sleep; suspended animation
perpetual youth and longevity
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
proposal; proposition; suggestion
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
to be bony; to be angular
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to compose; to put together
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
to say; to be called; to do
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
at the last moment; this late in the game
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
brown envelope; manila envelope
pedestrian walkway along a road