no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
item; something that one "just has to have"
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
innumerable; countless; numberless
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
all bark and no bite; unable to live up to one's claims
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
without penalty; acquittal; impunity
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
it is I who should say so
to fill with holes; to riddle (e.g. with bullets)
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
you (plural); all of you; you all
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
in proportion to; just as much as
to be of help; to be useful; to go toward
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
same generation; one's generation
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly