Vocabulary

to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away

to trample flat; to beat a path

to trample; to crush underfoot

to lose one's way; to go astray

to hold out (against); to hold one's ground; to stand firm; to endure

to step over or across; to overcome

to misstep; to stray

to trample; to crush underfoot

to happen to be present

to help each other; to complement

to grapple

to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around

to cause to embrace; to combine; to conjoin

to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly

to beat (e.g. eggs); to whip (e.g. cream); to whisk; to lather

to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded

to surface; to come to the top

to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated

to be withered or nipped by frost

to be broad-minded enough to associate with various types of people; to possess a capacious mind

to work hard; to be diligent; to do one's best; to try one's hardest; to exert oneself

to redeem; to take out of pawn

famous; notorious; noted

to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain

to beat down prices

to expand a market; to find a new market

to sell in haste

to sell out

to be reluctant to sell

to hold back on; to restrict sales of; to be reluctant to sell

to be scattered around; to lie scattered

to be left blooming; to remain on the stem

to lie scattered; to be strewn about

to go into labor; to go into labour

to do sweet-talk

to be ordered (to do)

to be asked to give someone (a message, parcel, etc.); to be asked to tell someone (that); to be entrusted with

to say repeatedly; to say proverbially

to argue down

to arrange (beforehand); to agree in advance; to prearrange