illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
evening meal; supper; dinner
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with someone's suggestion; to be talked into doing
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
so; therefore; and; (and) then
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
that's a different matter; that's a different story
to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
children do not know how dear they are to their parents (and therefore act selfishly)
sense of values; values; value system
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
blood relationship; blood relative
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
there is nothing; having nothing
utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
heartwarming; pleasant; charming; amusing
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services