giving up; quitting; surrendering
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
Lambrusco (wine grape variety)
Shiraz (wine grape variety)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
solving a riddle; solving a mystery
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
taut (condition); taken up slack; removed slack
number of characters; character count
out of range; outside the limits (of ...); outside (a) range; outside the scope
to screw up (one's face); to scrunch up; to pucker up; to furrow (one's brow); to wrinkle
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
indoor bath; bath for family (not public) use
loungewear; comfortable clothing worn at home
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
to (go into a) sulk; to get cranky; to get cross; to become perverse
to run down (stairs, etc.)
have a good day; take care; see you
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
sign on a post (usu. wooden and with a small roof, containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc.); public notice; bulletin board; notice board
private funds; own funds; private property
daily update; updating daily
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control