encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
electricity; (electric) light
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab); crawling sideways; leafhopper (insect); jassid; sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes); levelling off (of prices, etc.)
change of occupation; career change
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
being very busy; busyness
hard worker; hardworking person
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
elementary; basic; rudimentary
taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
key to a solution; first step toward a solution; thread to unravel a mystery
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to put on airs; to assume importance
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
proposal; proposition; suggestion