earplug (for protection against noise or water)
three wise monkeys (who "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil")
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
this and that; one thing or another
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
estrangement; neglect; alienation; casting out; ostracism; giving the cold shoulder
mirror surface; lens surface
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
amusing; funny; interesting
being carried out; being put into practice; in operation
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
quotation; citation; reference
proliferative; productive; proliferating; multiplicative
superiority; predominance
very recently; in the very recent past
popular name; common name; given name
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
to chat enthusiastically; to chatter; to talk on and on
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
freedom; free man; free woman
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong
to waive one's right; to waive a right
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
practice by repetition; learning by rote
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly