| green light | permission to start or continue sth |
| drive | strong desire for sth |
| accomplishment | sth done successfully |
| consent | permission for sth |
| major | very important |
| impenetrable | impossible to pass or see through |
| every now and then | sometimes, not often |
| hectic | very busy |
| scarce | very small in number |
| of late | lately, recently |
| offensive | causing sb to feel hurt, angry, upset... |
| devastating | causing extreme emotional pain |
| domestic | living with people |
| thoroughly | very careful attention to detail |
| indigenuous | produced, living naturalli in a region or environment |
| sturdy | strongly made |
| flexible | willing to change or try different things |
| grapple with sth | to deal with a problem |
| embark on sth | to begin sth that will take a long time |
| stink in | become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions, pass through |
| stray | go in a direction that is away from a group/place where you should be |
| reassure | make sb feel less afraid, upset |
| let on | tell, admitt, show that you know sth |
| congratulate sb on sth | pogratulować |
| put sth behind sb | stop worrying |
| perish | die or be killed |
| jeopardize | put sth/sb in denger |
| deteriorate | become worse as time passes |
| drop | stop doing sth |
| nag | criticize in annoying way |
| drabble in sth | take part in an activity in not serious way |
| console | try to make sb feel less sad |
| restore | put sth back into use |
| notify | tell sb offically sth |
| feature | include sb/sth as an important part |
| pass away | die <polite> |
| put sth down to sth | say/think that sth happened because of sth |
| ambush | attack sb,syh by surprice from hidden place |
| chuck | throw/toss sth |
| sway | influence sb so that they change opinion |
| set aside | keep/save sth for parcicular purpose |
| reckon | think or suppose |
| look back on | think about sth in the past |
| on the outskirts | suburbs |
| go out of your way | try hard to do sth for sb else |
| hit home | cause you to fully realize how unpleasant or difficult something is; |
| out of the blue | something happens completely unexpected |
| drop the topic | stop talking or thinking about |
| have a change of heart | to change the way you feel or think about something |
| take sth by storm | quickly become very successful or popular in a particular place or among a particular group |
| put sth on hold | delay something for some time |
| cut to the chase | go directly to the important points of a story |
| put in a good word for sb | to say positive things about someone |