quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
with a loud, shrill laugh; with a cackle; (laughing) wildly
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in honor or celebration of someone or something); drinking one's glass dry
food and drink; eating and drinking
port city; harbor city; harbour city
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded
to get information; to find out; to get wind of
need; want; necessity; costs; expenses
to take care of someone; to look after someone; to help; to give help where it isn't wanted; to be officious; to bother
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
to taste; to try (food or drink)
so what!; who gives a damn?
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate); extraction; pulling out
gynophobia; fear of women
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench one's teeth
backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser; (lit.) the far-off bark of a retreating dog
wrong; different; not like that
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
since one was born; in one's (entire) life; in all one's life
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
compensation; indemnification; reparation; restitution; recompense
kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair
to mistake (A for B); to misread
the last moment; the very end
hint; suggestion; clue; suggestion
top of the head; crown of the head
to beat; to batter; to pummel
(wandering) minstrel; troubadour
seriously; no kidding; joking aside; in all seriousness
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; normally
thoroughbred (horse); person of lineage; blue-blood
downward compatible; backward compatible; upward compatible; forward compatible; providing the same function while being more effective (esp. in games)
why; how come; unfortunately; alas
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule