degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
if you like; if you prefer; if it suits you; if ... doesn't suit you; if you don't like ...; if ... doesn't take your fancy
to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship
to say no more; to sink into silence
change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest
slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
official business; public business
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
to hold a child in one's arms; to embrace a child; to provide for a child (children)
welcome!; nice to see you!
to make a speech; to address
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
postpartum; after childbirth
recovery after childbirth; growth (of a child)
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
wet nurse; nursing mother
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
considerably; greatly; a lot
to put in; to place inside; to be enthusiastic; to be engrossed; to be in high spirits; to be excited
delusion; trick of the imagination
to do together; to share; to participate in
to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
purple smoke; tobacco smoke
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
comfort; consolation; diversion