intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
nothing; nil; naught; nought
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
to be born; to come into the world
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
named after; associated with; connected with
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
twenty-sixth day of the month; twenty-six days
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
to grumble; to make difficulties
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
paper strip (around parcels, banknotes, etc.)
single cell; isolation cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
senior; elder; person older than oneself
life and death; life or death
regarding as dangerous; identifying as a threat
human rights; civil liberties