simple work; repetitive job; unskilled work; menial work
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
conduit (pipe); water pipe
cracking; splitting; ripping; crashing; creaking; groaning
manual labor; manual labour; manual procedures
exploding in flames; erupting in flames
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
ejection (of spent shell casings)
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
being used to ...; getting used to ...; being accustomed to; being conditioned to; be familiar with
belief; faith; conviction
man proposes, God disposes; (lit.) man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven (or fate)
God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
natural span of life; 250 years old
to end one's life; to end one's days; to die
going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote
word game; wordplay; playing with words
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
to put an end (to); to close the books (on)
mountain climber; mountaineer
gas tank; gasholder; gasometer
experimental device; experimental equipment
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)
(former) Eastern Bloc countries
neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood
death due to shock (triggered by blood loss, heart failure or other causes)
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
Alice Miller (psychologist)
basal ganglia; basal nuclei