futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
generous; broad-minded; big-hearted
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
what time; (lit.) which hour
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
sick person; patient; invalid
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to half-rise to one's feet
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
not yet known; unknown; strange
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with