means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
position; job; employment; opening
to sniff out; to get wind of
wandering; roaming; drifting
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
piling up; multiple layers
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
to subsist; to keep on living
stretcher; litter; gurney
to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
to fall off; to tumble down
to see (someone) off; to escort; to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to postpone
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
lost property; something dropped and left behind; dropping something (without realising); losing something
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
2nd day of the month; two days
villainous; rascally; knavish; (arch.) independent; (arch.) self-reliant
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
thereupon; shortly thereafter
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to pity; to sympathize with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to appreciate; to recognize (someone's efforts)
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to hold fast; to protect to the end
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)