catching flies; fly-catcher; flytrap; jumping spider
memory like a sieve; going in one ear and out the other
one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
distribution center (centre); trading center
bark; husk; untanned pelt
plain; indifferent; quiet
timidity; cowardliness; (lit.) courage of a flea
military superiority; military supremacy
to follow (copy after) a precedent
wood vinegar; pyroligneous acid
to distract one's attention
separation (e.g. by a screen, curtain, or door)
to fit the mold; to fit the mould; to be standard; to be customary; to be unoriginal; to be stale
story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend
to learn a lesson (usu. from an unpleasant experience); to be good for someone
contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger
(something) mixed with snow
terms and conditions (e.g. of a purchase or trade)
hard-nosed; strong-willed; determined; unyielding; stubborn; resolute
the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down
liquor tax; tax on alcohol
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
used for cooling; used for refrigeration; heat-absorbing
odor-resistant; odour-resistant
to insinuate; to satirize; to satirise; to take a dig at
unearthly; otherworldly; out of this world; ethereal
one's star; one's fortune or destiny
to twine (fibers to make rope); to twist
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop