door-to-door entertainment; door-to-door entertainer; strolling musician; street musician
great difference; major mistake
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
how many years; how long; what year
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
bodily sensation; sense; experience
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
complete blockade (seal); baseball shutout
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
absentmindedly; vacantly; dully; to be unattractive; to be unsophisticated; to be unrefined
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
up and down; lightly; nimbly; casually; (strolling about) without a care
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
to return a favor (favour); to repay
genius; prodigy; natural gift
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
on the occasion of; at the time of
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation