to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
exclusive; attached to; specialist
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
as a child; when one was a child
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
allegiance; obedience; submission
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
to break up (e.g. a meeting); to call it a night
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
retention; maintenance; preservation
finally; at last; at length; barely; narrowly; hardly
to collapse into; to flop onto
this world; this life; world of the living
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
because; for; the reason why is ...
to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
full version; complete version; unabridged edition
to take great care (in doing); to pay attention; to be careful
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
not covered (by); not subject (to)