to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
loitering; hanging around; wandering around
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
chop (pro wrestling move); knifehand strike; chop (pork, lamb, etc.); chop (tennis); chop stroke
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
vernier calipers; vernier micrometer
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
every other week; every two weeks
difficult to ...; hard to ...
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
without permission; without notice
peace; security; tranquility; tranquillity
this is why; this means; it is the case that
springy (texture); doughy; elastic
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
abandoning; giving up; quitting
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to achieve enlightenment; to attain enlightenment
sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people); large flounder
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
last week; the week before
absolutely; positively; decidedly
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says