work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
to learn a lesson (usu. from an unpleasant experience); to be good for someone
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to be promoted to a higher rank
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
compartment in a fishing boat with seawater for reviving or keeping alive fresh fish or bait
baby talk; baby language; babbling
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
to be lazy; to be slack; to feel dull; to feel languid; to feel listless
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to be prolonged; to drag on
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
(brute) force; using all one's might
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
to mount (animal behaviour); to assert dominance
photograph of two people, usu. male and female; man and woman being alone together; phone dating service where a couple are randomly connected for a conversation