manager; director; superintendent; overseer
watch your step; slippery floor
apathetic; lackadaisical; spiritless; physically weak; feeble; effeminate
creeper (plant that grows along the ground, etc. similar to a vine)
self-timer; delayed-action (shutter release)
technical limitations; limits of technology
something new (of poor quality)
one's master's business; necessary business; major errands
parasitoid wasp; parasitic wasp; parasitic bee
owning nothing except the clothes on one's back
computer game; video game
teatime; tea break; coffee break
dog paddle (swimming style); doggy paddle
needless to say; it goes without saying
matters (issues) that need be reconsidered (reflected on)
on rare occasions; once in a blue moon
measuring cylinder; graduated cylinder
Cornish; Cornysh; Cornyshe
to be seen; to be in sight; to be able to see; to see; to be worth watching; to be worth seeing
intropunitive; tending to blame oneself (rather than others)
to extend the term; to extend a deadline
to make up for; to compensate for
heedless of danger; braving dangers
vertically segmented administrative system; overcompartmentalized bureaucracy; system in which interministerial rivalry diminishes overall efficiency; (bureaucratic) sectionalism; interministerial rivalry; bureaucratic fiefdoms
knowing what is right and not doing it is a want of courage
to scrape off; to rub off
civil engineering and construction
your husband; her husband
every martial art; all the martial arts
in a way that is uncharacteristic of ...; in a way that is unbecoming to ...; in a way that is unbefitting of ...; despite one's position as ...; despite being ...
carrying (on one's shoulder); bearing; shouldering; bucket carried on either end of a pole
unable to speak; inarticulate
being nimble-footed; being quick on one's feet; fast running legs
abstract side of things (such as personnel, skill, information; as opposed to physical things)