sprawling	to cover a large area in untidy way
rugged	uneaven
quaint	original, interesting
await	wait for
stagger	walk or move with difficulty as if you are going to fall
overwhelmingly	strongly or completely
steeped in ...	soaked with
cobbled	rounded stone used on the surface of an old-fashioned road
cove	small bay
scavenger	bird or animal which feeds on dead animals which it has not killed itself
vulture	scavenger
get a lot of stick for	be criticized or laughed at
landmark	a building or place that is easily recognized
shuffle	to walk by pulling your feet slowly along the ground rather than lifting them
gait	particular way of walking
be labelled as	described in too general, unfair way
give a bellow of laughter	laugh suddenly and loud
savant	a person with great knowledge and ability
motor deficiencies	having essential problems with movement
telephone directory	book containing all the telephone numbers for a particular area
mind flits from.. to	to appear or exist suddenly and for a short time in someone's mind
outsource	If a company pays to have part of its work done by another company
quality press	intended for intelligent, educated people
brash appeal	when suddenly a lot of people want it
red-top	popular newspaper that sells a large number of copies=tabloid
make a splash	attract a lot of attention,cause excitement
circulation	the number of people that a newspaper or magazine is regularly sold to
circulation2	sales
quest	a long search for something that is difficult to find
zip code	postal code
at the most	no more than (happen)
against all the odds	achieve it although there were a lot of problems
gist	general idea
residential home	house of care for eldery/ill people
dire situation	dramatic situation
an uphill struggle	hard way to do /achieve sth
be reliant on sb	depend on sb
cautious	describes someone who avoids risks
finicky	needing a lot of attention to detail, difficult to please
avert	prevent
crash-land	to land an aircraft suddenly because of an emergency,
swoop	move very quickly and easily through the air, especially down from a height in order to attack
skid	slide along a surface so that you have no control
snap	suddenly move jaw?
wallop	to hit someone hard,
be in tune with	in agreement with
downmarket	cheap in quality and price
discernible	able to be seen or understood
rag	"with weak content" (newsp.)
embrace	to accept something enthusiastically
bottom line	states the total profit or loss that has been made
lobbyist	tries to influence legislation on behalf of a special interest
mettle	ability and determination when competing or doing something difficult
innate	fom birth
NURTURE	help a plan or a person to develop and be successful
prime-time show	having the biggest audience
tumble	fall quickly (businness)
inhibitor	stopping factor
low-power	??
accolade	praise and approval
have/has seen better days	it's not in such a good condition as it usd to be in
be getting on a bit	get older
be a bit of handful	be difficukt to look after
distress	feeling of extreme worry, sadness
intimidating	frightening, a person looses confidence
be snowed under	have loooots of work
against the clock	as fast as possible
be up to eyes in sth	be very busy doing something, have a lot of work
high-powered job	important job, lots of responsibility
run-of-the-mill	ordinary
climb the career ladder	be given a promotion
concede	admit
public convenience	building containing toilets that are available for everyone
answer a call of nature	go to bathroom
put a dog to sleep	kill the dog-vet
dispense with	get rid of
less priviledged	less important
negative outcome	not succeed
less salubrious	slums, bad parts of the city
show insufficient effort	not ex. work well, hard enough,be lazy
mercenary	interested only in the amount of money that you can
cowardly	too eager to avoid danger
humble	not proud or not believing that you are important
level-headed	calm and able to deal easily with difficult situations
malicious, spiteful, vindicative	nasty to people
affectionate	showing feelings, kissing etc
petty	demanding with details