to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
rough-and-ready; knocked-up; hasty; slipshod; slapdash
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
to round up; to gather; to muster; to mobilize; to mobilise
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
direct connection; direct link
too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
to examine someone's expression
as you see; as you can see
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
(pressing) hard; badgeringly; pesteringly; repeatedly; urgingly
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence
to crouch; to stoop; to yield; to submit; to hide; to conceal oneself
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
letting (someone) die without helping
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
you (plural); all of you; you all
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking