daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; (sitting) straight
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
to happen to have on hand or in stock
asleep (in bed); sick in bed
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information
tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
one's star; one's fortune or destiny
to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
not a pretty sight; appalling; not a good look
quite absurd thing; something ridiculous that makes one laugh; extremely irritating thing
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; (lit.) flower on a high peak
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
pug-nosed face; person with a pug-nosed face
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
stubbornness; pigheaded person; miser
to have a secret affair; to meet secretly (for two persons); to flirt with one another
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
worst; poor and boring; uncool
bright; shining; clear; evident
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
beggar; derelict; player; actor; actress
old evils; long-standing abuses; old-fashioned ways; old-fashioned; outdated; outmoded
one's wife; one's wife and daughter or daughters
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy