reasonableness (esp. of children); obedience
worthless thing; trivial thing
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
waist; waistline; waist measurement
to dribble; to drip; to drop
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
kindness; largeheartedness
slapping; splashing; splatting
have to do; must; should; ought to
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
high spirits; high energy; go!; go-man-go!; fashionably clothed and assertive (esp. of a woman); flashy
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
to spout (of a whale); to blow (water and air from a blowhole); to squirt (female ejaculation)
to tell all; to give a full account
to sniff out; to get wind of
sleeping; feeling sleepy; beddy-bye
if you think about it; come to think of it
celebration of a birth (usu. approx. one month after birth); gift at the birth of a child; baby gift; push present
bed; berth; crib; cot; bedroom
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
to feel shy; to be bashful; to blush
sitting while waiting; (according to the lunar calendar) an eighteen-day-old moon
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind