drinking bout; merrymaking
to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck
self-employed profession (e.g. actor, artist); liberal profession
to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
musical composition; tune
reorganization (e.g. of a company); reorganisation; consolidation; scrap-and-build
songwriting (words and music)
honourable poverty; honorable poverty
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
to lean against; to set against
player (of music, instrument, etc.)
Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides); melody; section of a pop song
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
irregular time; irregular metre
constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to reject (a manuscript); to turn down (a proposal)
inland districts; inland areas
street; quarter; district; area
untrodden (region, field of study, etc.); unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
is never the case; has never happened
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
kind; variety; (biological) species; (logical) species
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
general; overall; across-the-board