to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
to put on airs; to assume importance
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
magic mallet; lucky mallet; nursery-tale mallet that delivers one's heart's desire at a wave
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
astounding; startling; world-shaking; amazing; earth-shattering
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
receiver's shop; pawnshop which knowingly buys stolen goods
loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage; outage; decrease (in value); reduction
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
merrymaking (esp. wine and women); pleasures
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
to get jealous; (lit.) to grow horns
curious; strange; unusual
cardioplegia; heart attack
to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
bluff; false show of power; bold front
urethral opening; urinary meatus
unconditionally; as a rule
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater
blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion
officiating priest; presiding priest at a ceremony; religious teacher; highly-ranked priest; guru; instructor (yoga, etc.)
idiot; retard; idiocy; profound mental retardation
as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie
strangulation; strangling
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted