tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
finding fault (with); being picky
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
goods piled beneath; lower layer; lowest social strata; bottom (of the ladder); low rank
slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
cost performance; cost effectiveness; price-performance ratio; value for money; bang for one's buck
things on hand; things in stock; money on hand; money in one's wallet; on hand; in stock
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to combine; to join together; to join up; to dovetail together
coexistence; living together; symbiosis; paragenesis
to sob; to be choked with tears
going on about oneself; talking about oneself
actual profit; practical use; benefit
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves
way of talking; speaking style
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
starting up (e.g. business, computer)
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
pretense of evil; pretence of evil
soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
competent in all fields; jack of all trades; very active in many fields; versatile; all-round; (lit.) 8 faces and 6 arms
sales pitch; sales lure; catchphrase
to sulk; to be peevish; to run away from home
the way one works; one's working manner
establishment; settlement
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
matter causing distress; something causing worry
it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured