to shepherd	to guide, to direct
adept at	skillful at
to shoo sb off	to tell sb to go away
on the beat	on duty
expandable	that can be made larger
expendable	useless
prominent	sticking out, outstanding
to embellish	to decorate, to do up
to home in on	to move towards sth/ to focus on sth
jibe	mockery
momentary	short-lasting
momentous	important
to have a lie in	to stay longer in bed when you don't need to hurry
to get sb's head round	to understand
to make sb's head stand on end	?
to lift a finger	to help
to pull sb's leg	to be kidding
to be all fingers and thumbs	to be clumsy
to be head and shoulders above sb	to be considerably better
to go over sb's head	to be too difficult to be understood
to be up to one's ears	to be busy
to cost an arm and a leg	to cost a lot
a relay team	a team in a race where every person ex. run in one section
to troll	to fish with a rod/ to search for
to combat	to fight, to win over
to boast	to support
to disclose	to reveal/ to say
to allege	to claim
to advocate	to support, to advise
to compromise	to affect