to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to give no leeway; to press (for an answer, etc.); to shower (questions on someone)
leaflet; flyer; scattering; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
unforgivable; inexcusable; unpardonable
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
staying somewhere (overnight) due to circumstances
light (e.g color, fabric); faint; somehow; kind of; scarce; slim
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
to loaf around (on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust someone's civility; to give up (on someone)
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
with a screech; with a whine; with a shrill; with a sharp pain (in the head or teeth after eating or drinking something cold); getting a brain freeze
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
(very) patient; persevering
tele-; telephone; television; Terret (wine grape variety)
bent back; hunchback; stoop
to be slippery; to be slimy; (arch.) to behave charmingly; (arch.) to walk merrily
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous
the curtain opens (for the start of a play, act, etc.); the curtain rises; to start (of a play); to start (of an event, campaign, etc.); to begin
long (time that has passed); old (story)
to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone
person who clears the way for a high-ranking person, procession, etc.; outrider; opening performer; sumo wrestler who leads a yokozuna at his ring-entering ceremony
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
to swoop down; to glide down; to fly down; to land gently (on); to alight (on)
tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
to entwine; to follow about
quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound