to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
establishment; settlement
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
become dry and rough (e.g. skin)
to be worried; to be troubled
beyond this point; from now on; after this
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
puckered-up mouth; button of a mouth
to get narrower; to contract
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes); chimpanzee; chimp
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
to put into effect; to put into practice
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
wishes of a deceased person; dying wish
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
to snuggle up to; to nuzzle; to burrow into; to press a part of one's body against something
break in time; interruption; pause
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to strike (a match)
inattention; absent-mindedness
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
glowing ember (either red hot charcoal or the glowing remains of burnt firewood); live charcoal
how dare ...; how could ...