to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
poorly made article; defective article; Gautama Buddha
meeting place; rendezvous (point); roll-call (assembly) point; appointed (designated) place
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
half and half; fifty-fifty
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
semi-transparent; translucent
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
avenue; boulevard; tree-lined street
good-natured; of good character
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
main road; main thoroughfare
seeing things in a favourable light (favorable)
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
splitting the cost; Dutch treat
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
no-good man; (male) loser
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
South Pole; the Antarctic; Antarctica
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly
out of character; unlike one
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
finally; in the end; on top of all that
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on