To push the envelope idiom

1. To increase the operating capabilities of a technological system.

2. To exceed the existing limits in a certain field; be innovative.

Window-dressing also window dressing (w n d -dr s ng) n.

1. a. Decorative exhibition of retail merchandise in store windows.
b. Goods and trimmings used in such displays.
2. A means of improving appearances or creating a falsely favorable
impression: "The realignment ... may be more window dressing than a substantive
change in how the company does business" Connie Guglielmo.
be in the thick of something
to be very involved at the busiest or most active stage of a situation or activity.
A fierce debate ensued and he found himself in the thick of it. I can't talk right now I'm in the thick of things. When you're in the thick of the action, you don't always
have time to think.
crease
1.
cuta,
2. incretitura,
3. dunga (la pantaloni) ,
4. a increti ,
5. a se increti,
6. face cute (a)
7. plisa (a)
8. [minerit] surpare
9. [minerit] falie
10. [poligrafie] cuta (a)
11. [tehnic] indoi (a)
12. [tehnic] indoitura
13. [tehnic] spartura
14. [tehnic] ruptura
15. [tehnic] falt
16. [textile] incretitura
17. [textile] sifona (a)
18. [textile] dunga
19. [textile] cuta
20. [textile] pliu

unmitigated ( n-m t -g t d) adj.

1. Not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; unrelieved: unmitigated suffering.
2. Without qualification or exception; absolute: an unmitigated lie.

accrue ( -kr )
v. accrued, accruing, accrues
v.intr.
1. To come to one as a gain, addition, or increment: interest accruing in my savings account.
2. To increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth: common sense that accrues with
experience.

3. To come into existence as a claim that is legally enforceable.

v.tr.
To accumulate over time: I have accrued 15 days of sick leave.
[Middle English acreuen, from Old French acreu, past participle of acroistre, to increase, add, from
Latin accr scere, to grow : ad-, ad- + cr scere, to arise; see ker-2 in Indo-European roots.]
accru able adj.
accrue ment n.

gentrification (j n tr -f -k sh n) noun.
- the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of lowincome residents)
restoration - the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state

veer 1 (vr)
v. veered, veering, veers
v.intr.
1. To turn aside from a course, direction, or purpose; swerve: "a sequence of adventures that veered
between tragedy and bleak farce" (Anthony Haden-Guest).
2. To shift clockwise in direction, as from north to northeast. Used of the wind.
3. Nautical To change the course of a ship by turning the stern to the wind while advancing to
windward; wear ship.
v.tr.
1. To alter the direction of; turn: veered the car sharply to the left.
2. Nautical To change the course of (a ship) by turning the stern windward.
n.
1. A change in direction; a swerve [French virer, from Old French.]

veer 2 (vr)
tr.v. veered, veering, veers Nautical
To let out or release (a line or an anchor train).
[Middle English veren, from Middle Dutch vieren; see per1 in Indo-European roots.]

abscond ( b-sk nd )
intr.v. absconded, absconding, absconds
To leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution.
[Latin abscondere, to hide : abs-, ab-, away; see ab-1 + condere, to put; see dh - in IndoEuropean roots.]
abscond er n.
abscond [bsk:ond]
vb (intr) to run away secretly, esp from an open institution or to avoid prosecution or punishment
[from Latin abscondere to hide, put away, from abs- AB-1 + condere to stow]

absconder n

taper (t p r)
n.
1. A small or very slender candle.
2. A long wax-coated wick used to light candles or gas lamps.
3. A source of feeble light.
4.
a. A gradual decrease in thickness or width of an elongated object.
b. A gradual decrease, as in action or force.
v. tapered, tapering, tapers
v.intr.
1. To become gradually narrower or thinner toward one end.
2. To diminish or lessen gradually. Often used with off: The storm finally tapered off.
v.tr.
1. To make thinner or narrower at one end.
2. To make smaller gradually.
adj.
Gradually decreasing in size toward a point.
[Middle English, from Old English tapor, possibly ultimately from Latin papyrus, papyrus
(sometimes used for candlewicks); see paper.]
ta peringly adv.

Soup`con
n.
1. A suspicion; a suggestion; hence, a very small portion; a taste; as, coffee with a soupon of
brandy; a soupon of coquetry

small potatoes
pl.n. Informal
1. A person or thing regarded as unimportant.
2. An insignificant amount or sum.

lecherous (l ch r- s)
adj.
Given to, characterized by, or eliciting lechery.
lech erously adv.
lech erousness n.

Adj.1. lecherous - given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity; "a lecherous gleam in his eye";
"a lecherous good-for-nothing"
sexy - marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest; "feeling sexy"; "sexy clothes"; "sexy
poses"; "a sexy book"; "sexy jokes"
lecherous
adjective lustful, randy (informal, chiefly Brit.), raunchy (slang), lewd, wanton, carnal, salacious,
prurient, lascivious, libidinous, licentious, lubricious (literary), concupiscent, goatish (archaic or
literary), unchaste, ruttish lecherous old men offering sweets at the school gate
proper, virtuous, prim, puritanical, virginal, prudish, strait-laced
....It means know thy self. I wanna tell you a little secret, being the one is just like being in
love. No one needs to tell you you are in love, you just know it, through and through. (Matrix)