المفردات

· shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage

Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain

· seek indirectly

fish for compliments

· the system of production and distribution and consumption

economy of effort

· try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury

He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs

· the office of the United States head of state

a President is elected every four years

· feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride

proud parents

· kill intentionally and with premeditation

The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered

· marked by the reception of pay

paid work

· not open

the door slammed shut

· a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent

alcohol (or drink) ruined him

· stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)

a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors

· restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

She repaired her TV set

· accept an excuse for

Please excuse my dirty hands

· be worthy or deserving

You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done

· fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview

· undergo or live through a difficult experience

We had many trials to go through

· yet to be or coming

some future historian will evaluate him

· earlier than the present time; no longer current

time past

· to give an account or representation of in words

Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental

· a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base

he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it

· made ready or fit or suitable beforehand

a prepared statement

· a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity

a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow

· the season when the leaves fall from the trees

in the fall of 1973

· not open or public; kept private or not revealed

a secret formula