| presumptuous | too bold or sure of oneself |
| blueprint | scheme |
| to go from strength to strength | to prosper well |
| unruly | difficult to control |
| ? | of little importance/ trivial |
| east-offs | things that can be discarted, no longer wanted or used |
| cache | a place to hide food |
| confines | boundaries |
| to be at pains to do sth | to try hard to achieve sth |
| backwater | a place not affected by change |
| well-received | approved of |
| frugal | economical |
| lout | of sb who is clumsy, volver, with bad manners |
| turnover | change |
| to venture | to risk, to find courage to do sth |
| durables | things that can last for a long period of time |
| diffident | shy, not self confident |
| equable | sb who is calm and not easily annoyed |
| to incinerate | to burn |
| to ooze | to flow out of sth slowly |
| meek | shy |
| providential | happening just when you need it, lucky |
| to scale | to climb up |
| make-up | character traits |
| to cut back on sth | to reduce |
| a glut of | too much of sth, a surfeit of sth |
| to wreck | to cause damage, to destroy |
| to procure | to get, to obtain |
| all manner of things | every kind of things |
| foolhardy | foolishly bold, reckless |
| pervasive | assumed to be present everywhere |
| to rectify | to correct |
| progeny | descendants, offspring |
| to ingratiate oneself with sb | to try to make a good impression on sb to gain sth |
| o be engrossed in sth | to be fully occupied with sth |
| to stand up to sth | to withstand |
| to loiter | to spend time doing useless things |
| to hover | to remain in the air to observe sb |
| to be carried away with sth | not to be able to control sth (ex emotions) |
| to break away with | to become separate, to leave a group |
| to come off | to become detached |
| to surge | to raise |
| to plunge | ? |
| to moister | to wet |
| to patter | to make a specific sound when falling |
| to be observant | to obey |
| girders | iron beams |
| to plead sth as sth | ? |