bamboo shoot; inexperienced doctor; quack
there being no use in arguing (about it)
serious; not joking; straight
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
motherland; fatherland; native country
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
chance (of success); odds
you (plural); all of you; you all
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
if you think about it; come to think of it
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
looking away; looking aside
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
the ocean; the great deep
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict