living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
taste; palate; sense of taste
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to have a good idea; to be able to predict
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
to ask a question; to ask questions
as a child; when one was a child
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
how much; how many; what amount; what extent
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
crossly; angrily; strongly smelling; reeking
(ethyl) alcohol; spirits of wine
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
(with a) start; fright; alarm
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
to put one's hand on; to touch
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted