cost of one's food; one's board
to be able to manage somehow or another
equation; formula; method for solving a problem; set way of achieving a particular result
to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
to use up all one's strength
meeting convened to discuss issues; planning conference; review meeting; feedback session; investigative commission
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
fortunate error; lucky break; fluke
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
mythical two-tailed monster cat
to pat (e.g. dog); to rub; to stroke; to fondle
the very start; the very beginning
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
smart; clever; agile; nimble; quick
sense of orientation; sense of direction
or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
(somebody's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ
one eye; one of one's eyes
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
to leave of one's own accord
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
of tender years; very young
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
this (very thing); this precisely
to rekindle one's love; to fall in love again (with a person one has previously been in love with)
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossible