palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
to keep away; to keep at a distance
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
had better ...; had better not ...
good humour (humor); good mood
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
clinic; medical office; infirmary
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
that's true; of course; obviously
to give; to do (something) for
great victory; big win; huge profit; killing
harsh criticism; something worthless or of little value
making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)
a sentence; one sentence; (short) piece of writing
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
we'll cross that bridge when we get there; we'll think about it when the time comes
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
to differ depending on ...
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
men and women of all ages
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)