Vocabulary

person who just tags along; hanger-on; person who follows someone around like a shadow; clingy person; mindless follower; goldfish feces

don't miss it!

to open one's eyes wide

to be very shrewd; to be highly intelligent; to be very smart

don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it

emergency; accident; worst case; unexpected occurrence

all take and no give; rip-off

all take and no give; rip-off

needn't be done; as well not to do; shouldn't have been done

to be made an example of; to be made a victim of; to be exposed to ridicule

hell and high water

unforgivable; inexcusable; unpardonable

wretched is the lot of a government official; it is better to work for oneself than to work for someone else

as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

cannot possibly be

one must constantly be on one's guard with ...; one cannot be too careful of ...

to appear in one's dream (of a deity or deceased; to advise, admonish, etc.)

dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky

having thought for neither gain nor greed; only wanting to do something (thinking about nothing else)

in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces

to enjoy the trust and confidence of

to come to grapples with

to be just about right; to be quite appropriate

to make one's way in the world; to earn one's living; to live

day and night; turning night into day

to be eager to pursue one's own interests; to think only of profit

to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow

to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow

to make a blunder; to bungle; to mess up; to make a foolish mistake

to take charge during someone's absence

to turn into a state of feverish mood

utter stranger; mere passerby; outsider

to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out

no exception; without exception; always the same

needless to say; it goes without saying

youthful indiscretion; youthful enthusiasm; youthful excess

to complete one's journey

to repeat someone's mistake; to make the same mistake as one's predecessor; to follow the ruts (of a previous cart)

all pain and no gain; lots of pain and not much gain

to be mad; to go mad; to go insane