desperation; despair; self-abandonment
cane; (walking) stick; wand; stalk (of bamboo, sugar, etc.); stem
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
projection; protrusion; rupture (e.g. of gas); jetting out; prominence; standing out
monetary; financial; pecuniary
social; societal; societary
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
looking after a baby; taking care of a baby; babysitting; babysitter
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
black lustre; black luster
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
illegal; illicit; unlawful
nursery school teacher; childcare worker
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
rough (behaviour, temperament, etc.); wild; rude; violent
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
senior; older; third-year kindergarten student
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
shredded kombu; Kjellmaniella gyrata (species of kelp)
fighting stance; fighting pose
sniff-sniff (of an animal); whining; whimpering
cart-horse; work-horse; doing something wholeheartedly; doing with one's undivided attention
this kind of; this sort of; this; like this; in this way
awesome; amazing; incredible; a lot; absolutely
way of murdering; killing method; way of using a sword
soda pop (esp. fruit-flavored); pop; (fizzy) lemonade; sweet carbonated drink
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
poisonous ingredient; poisonous nature; toxicity; malice; spite; ill will