brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
educator; teacher; educationalist
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
first meeting; first interview with
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving
weariness; fatigue; languor; boredom; tedium; ennui
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient
to model (something) on; to be modelled on; to be made in the shape of; to symbolize; to represent
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
moneylending; moneylender
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis); being penniless; being broke
malice; malicious intent; intent to kill
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment
automatic transmission; AT; achievement test; alternative technology; appropriate technology; auditory trainer
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
to go bar-hopping; to go on a pub crawl
to pry (open); to prise; to wrench
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
to loiter around; to wander about
command; lead; generalship; leadership
whole nation; whole land; whole country
inaccurate; indistinct; imprecise; unclear; indecisive
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
to flush out (a hare, fox, etc.); to drive out; to drive (cattle, sheep, etc.); to urge on; to drive (to do); to urge
to span; to bridge; to cross; to straddle
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off