with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
to knock down; to bring down
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to accept; to receive; to agree
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
caustic words; defiant words
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
evening meal; dinner; supper
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
assistance; backing; reinforcements
to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
to have one's knees be about to give way
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
to keep (a person) waiting
bullying (the weak); bully
conviction; belief; confidence
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
to require the care of others; to need to be looked after; to be troublesome; to be a nuisance; to be a handful
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is