tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
to put one's strength into
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
present continuous tense; present progressive form
maintaining the status quo
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to feel depressed; to be down
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
function; facility; faculty; feature
degeneration; retrogression
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
in one's own way or style
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus
scattered here and there; at intervals
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide