Words and meanings

• on the ground, beneath your feet

  underfoot
• secretly and possibly dishonestly

  underhand
• set of words

  word stock
• list of people’s turns for jobs

  roster
• child’s bed with high vertical sides

  cot
• unnecessary trouble

  palaver
• social class of intellectuals

  intelligentsia
• be very aware of things and readyto act

  be on the ball
• someone who is enthusiastic at one time and not at another

  blow hot and cold
• bring you advantages

  pay dividends
• in response to news that makes current problems even worse

  that's all we need/needed
• to be extremely unhappy, disappointed

  to be fed up to the back teeth
• happen successfully

  come off
• remain

  stay on
• builders who are not careful or trustworthy

  cowboy builders