not eating enough; unsatisfied; dissatisfied with; leaving something to be desired
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic
Central Intelligence Agency (US); CIA
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
had better ...; may as well ...
to convey (a message, e.g. to one's superior); to communicate; to pass on; to pass along
condensed milk; Soviet Union
round dance; dancing in a circle
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
a little bit; a little while
prisoner's dilemma; prisoners' dilemma
remaining silent; keeping secret
snake in one's bosom; treacherous friend
this family; we; this house
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
having presence of mind; self-possessed; imperturbable; calm and self-possessed
carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)
to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind
by virtue of one's office; in the nature of one's duties
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
famous sword; excellent sword
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
to engrave in one's heart; (lit.) to inscribe on one's bones
all bark and no bite; unable to live up to one's claims