will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
day duty; day shift; class duty (students)
all the time; every single time; thank you (for your continued patronage)
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
very loud volume; megavolume
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
earplug (for protection against noise or water)
each and all; every single one; everybody
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation
to waste time; to kill time
clerk at the information desk
persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way; sob story
embrace; hug; holding in one's arms
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
highlight; best part; stunning; incredible; superb
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
to detain; to check; to restrain
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
killing time; staving off boredom
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
window-gazing; window-shopping
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
suddenly; all of a sudden