For whole almonds, you can roast them in the oven between 160-215 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes. Spread them evenly on a cookie sheet or sheet pan. Let cool before eating. But it's better to roast nuts at a low temperature-typically in a 160-170 degree Fahrenheit oven (at higher temperatures than this, research shows damage to nuts' delicate fats) for 15-20 minutes will do the trick.
BLUDGER: noun, a person who lives off the efforts of others; a person who does not pay his fair share or who does not make a fair contribution to a cost, enterprise, etc., a cadger; an idler, one who makes little effort.
Look up brayer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A brayer is a hand-tool used historically in printing and printmaking to break up and rub out (spread) ink before it was beaten using inking balls or composition rollers. The word is derived from the verb to bray, meaning to break, pound, or grind small, as in a mortar.