morning person; early bird; lark
to sweep together; to rake up; to gather up; to drag towards oneself; to pull nearer
meals prepared for employees (e.g. of a restaurant); staff meals
garlic toast; toasted garlic bread
soon; shortly; before long; having no time to ...; with no time to ...
finder (of lost property)
crisp; staccato; piquant; clear
rocks glass; Old Fashioned glass; lowball glass
noisily (playing a musical instrument); doing something on and on
to keep one's feet on the ground; to be down to earth
skin-side (of a fillet of fish)
batard (type of French bread)
order-taking; salesperson
still better; even better
appeal (to customers); solicitation (of business); rousing consumer interest (in a product)
filleting a fish (into boneless left and right halves and a piece with the skeleton)
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
inexperienced; unrealistic; knowing but little of the world
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
like water; like it grows on trees
great; grand; (arch.) obstinate; (arch.) stubborn
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
side parting; hair parted to one side
thinning hair; sparse hair (as in balding)
charitable person; philanthropist
snipping sound; cutting sound; to cut
copying (by hand); transcribing
knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things
elitism; idea of being part of a chosen people
what happens to one today may happen to another tomorrow; misfortunes can happen to anyone
having one's choice; (ability to) pick and choose
late-night show; midnight broadcast
condition of one's stomach
dirty things (dishes, laundry, etc.)
significant; full of meaning; pregnant (with meaning); suggestive
(living) from hand to mouth; living on the fringe of subsistence
freely; impudently; brazenly; shamelessly; however one wishes
Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production, from 1958-1960); significant breakthrough; great strides