to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes
to feel sick; to be nauseated
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
to wring the neck; to strangle
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
oceanic noise; rumbling of the sea; mistpouffer
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
eternal; unlimited; endless
affection; love; fondness; tenderness
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
burning at the stake; execution by burning
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
to grow hoarse; to become husky
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
no!; no no!; no, not at all
carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
to cheer; to jeer; to mock
surrounding at a distance