to waste time; to kill time
homeostasis; homoeostasis; constancy
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
to be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
anthropoid ape; anthropoid; ape
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
satisfying; pleasing; gratifying
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to pack; to crowd
deformity; malformation; strange shape; unusual shape
mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization; base
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
to need; to call for; to require
adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
health; healthy; sound; fit
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
monarch; sovereign; ruler; liege (lord)
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
tens of thousands of years
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
surface of the earth; ground surface
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly