Vocabulary

eyeball

eye color; eye colour

tempting thing; (too much of a) temptation; something that shouldn't be seen; the last thing one needs to see

someone viewed with hatred; object of one's hostility

prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; flower on a high peak

overly concerned with domestic affairs; having an air of domesticity

kindness begets kindness; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours; if a fish is kind to the water, the water will be kind to the fish

corn (on the foot)

the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect

overtime pay

matter of time; question of time

anew

grass-roots democracy

grass-roots movement

easy profit

inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)

one's whole heart; everything one feels

it may be my imagination, but ...; I may be imagining things, but ...

how to get along in the world; how to get on in life; how to swim

beads of sweat

complete stranger; total stranger

formidable person; shrewd person; someone not to be taken lightly; person of no common order

depths of Hell

angel's feathered robe

good-natured person; good person

good boy; good girl

mature age; advanced age; maturity

love for one another

big-shot; influential person

sword worn on the hip

relic from an earlier age; something extremely outmoded; museum piece

each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of

eloquence; volubility; (like) water on a standing board

remain standing; keeping standing (all the way)

away from home; while travelling

(lively, tireless) children; kids

precarious situation; precarious state

to whomever; to anybody at all

battle cry; war cry

snail's pace; ox walk