easy to drink; easy to swallow; quaffable
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
pouring out in large amounts; flowing out gushingly
gifted education; special education for gifted children
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
belief; faith; conviction
to knead well; to polish; to refine
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
true state; actual condition; reality
something extra; something on top; and then some; icing on the cake
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
to carry around; to carry on one's person
amusing; funny; interesting
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid; delinquency; misconduct
to exaggerate; to overstate
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
like father, like son; (lit.) you can't fight blood
top hat; high hat; silk hat; topper
self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility
(blue-collar) worker; laborer; labourer
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
cave-in (in a mine or tunnel); roof collapse; rockfall
recovery; undoing; recall
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery
to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up
tunnel; (mining) gallery; level; shaft; pit
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
better than nothing; better than none at all
working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver