English

• Utensils 


  forks, knives, spoons
• to allocate 


  to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things
• be running on fumes

  to have almost reached a point where you are unable to continue, because you have almost no energy, money, etc. left:
• go/sell like hot cakes

  to be bought quickly and in large numbers
• dumb waiter


  a small lift (= device used to move things from one level of a building to another) used especially in restaurants to bring food from the kitchen
• coat of paint

  a layer of a substance, especially paint, that covers something

  
• bupkis(inf)


  nothing, or only a very small amount

  Most biochemical weapons soak in through your skin, so a gas mask would do bubkes
• give something/someone the once-over(inf)

  to look at and examine something or someone quickly
• dexterity


  the ability to perform a difficult action quickly and skilfully with the hands
• engulf


  to surround and cover something or someone completely

  The flames rapidly engulfed the house.
• until you are blue in the face


  If you say or shout something until you are blue in the face, you are wasting your efforts because you will get no results
• obstruction


  behaviour or actions that prevent something from happening or working correctly
• get past someone


  to not be noticed or realized by someone
• a feat


  something difficult needing a lot of skill, strength, courage, etc. to achieve it
• poster child


  someone or something that is used to represent a particular quality
• "Drinking the Kool-Aid"


  most strongly believing and accepting in a deadly, deranged, or foolish ideology or concept based only upon the overpowering coaxing of another; the expression is also used to refer to a person who wrongly has faith in a possibly doomed or dangerous idea because of perceived potential high rewards. 
• (to pull) a sleight of hand

  1. speed and skill of the hand when performing tricks
  2. skillful hiding of the truth in order to win an advantage
• to heckle


  to interrupt a public speech or performance with loud, unfriendly statements or questions
• a noose


  one end of a rope tied to form a circle that can be tightened round something such as a person's neck to hang (= kill) them
• scrape


  a difficult or slightly dangerous situation that you cause by your own silly behaviour
• rolling in dough


  Rich, very prosperous, or wealthy
• ill-equipped (for/to)


  lacking the ability or equipment necessary to do something well
• Let's call it a tie 


  no one win or lose, it's neutral.
• to bequeath


  to give money or property to others after your death
• a hiccup


  a problem that delays or interrupts something for a while, but does not usually cause serious difficulties
• to gross


  to earn a particular amount of money before tax is paid or costs are taken away
• unequivocally


  in a way that is total, or expressed very clearly with no doubt
• feasible

  able to be made, done, or achieved
• covenant


  a formal agreement or promise between two or more people