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 | ? | |