to eject | to evict, to force out of sth | |
to shelve | to put away to deal with it later | |
a rascal | a dishonest man | |
liable to | prone to | |
liable for | responsible for | |
virile | male, masculine | |
to come off | to become real or successful | |
to have recourse to sth | to turn to sth for help | |
to gush | to flow out of sth in bursts | |
to wrinkle sth out of sth | to get sth out of sth | |
staples | the main ingredient of sth | |
overbearing | domineering | |
the downtrodden | of people badly treated, opressed | |
inheritance | act of inheriting | |
heritage | all the cultural objects | |
legacy | heritage | |
to back up | to support | |
to slump to a defeat | to fall quickly and heavily | |
to vet for sth | to look at sb's past employment record | |
fraught with | full of | |
a bypass | a road around the town | |
subway | an underground pedestrian tunnel | |
in due course | when the right time comes | |
to seal off | to surround with a rope to prevent people from entering | |
to subject to sth | to depend on sth as a condition | |
to go a long way | to be very useful in achieving sth | |
in the event of | in case | |
a springboard | a starting point | |
a turning point | a point after which sth changes dramatically | |
token | symbol | |
a milestone | a very important stage or event | |
to boast | to show people that you posess sth | |
to go by | to pass | |
interminable | going too long | |