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 | ? |