to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
financial institutions; banking facilities
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
family; relatives; dependents; household
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
head house (family); birthplace; originator
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking
to make sure of the truth
if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
starting a train (or bus, etc.) before all the passengers are on board; making a snap decision; starting an action without considering objections to it any longer
planning; planning ability; deliberateness
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
tall story; tall tale; cock-and-bull story
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
to complete decisively; to do to completion
front entrance; front door
to jump upon (a moving object)
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance