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austere fare

run out of puff

fling the frisbee

debase the franc

ply an axe

go through the mill

ladle out praise

ladle clumsily

to exhibit one's powers―go through one's paces

to go through one's paces―show one's paces―exhibit one's powers

cross the bar

let off the hook

fly the coop

overhand pitching

to run the whole of a given course

lie fallow

Nonsense!

Stuff and nonsense!

to put one through one's paces

wind up broke

break siege

Walk the tightrope

to condescend―humble oneself

penetrate

travel across

tread over

to make a mistake―commit a blunder―commit a fault

break a strike

suffer shipwreck

to deviate from the normal course of action―leave the beaten track

antechamber

outbuilding

clearance

carpentry

transshipment

tailoring

upholstery

a reprint

fixing

buildings―structures

an enclosure

fir―deal

furnish

backbiting

refinement

carriage

grabfest

tenement

a square person

package

careless manufacture and excessive production―sacrifice of quality to quantity

bypass

a shelter

a cover

a shelter

a fixture

fittings for a house

the act of manufacturing

foresee

the quality of being tasteful