anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
coastal waters; adjacent seas
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
cooking; food preparation
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
drunkard; heavy drinker; boozer
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
changing clothes; change of clothes
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
pillar of fire; blazing column
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
metallic sound; metallic clank
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
locking sword to sword (in a duel) and pushing; fierce, close-fought competition
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
chink in the armor (armour)
liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes both liquor and sweets; bisexuality; player who can play as both pitcher and fielder; dual sword wielding; two-sword fencing
cross; crossed; cruciform
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
one more; another; not quite; close run; just falling short of success
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
expert; skilled hand; person of experience