to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral
generation; lifetime; age
rich person; wealthy person
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; person with unusual tastes; eccentric; oddball
extreme; ultra; mega; damn; stupid; cursed
destruction; demolition; smashing apart; spoiling; ruining
to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to bend down (in submission); to bow down; to (crouch) and hide (behind); to conceal oneself; to lie down (and sleep)
delivery of books; presentation copy
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
intelligence network; information network
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
color matching; colour matching
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand
nonparticipation; nonattendance
leaving everything up to someone else
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
one's impression of a product after trying it out; feel of a product (during use); usability; signs of use (of a product); wear and tear
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
to play a central role; to take a leading part
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
to shade an account; to add something extra
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
ESPer; one who has ESP (extrasensory perception)
to exercise one's authority (over); to influence; to glare (at); to scowl; to glower
point of dissatisfaction; complaint; gripe; issue
torus-shape; toroidal; donut-shaped; doughnut-shaped
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away