talk; recital; narration; topic
intoxication; being fascinated (by); being carried away (by); being enraptured (by)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to be nearing death; to be dying
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
obedient; submissive; docile; meek; pliant
sincere; honest; faithful
sitting cross-legged; sitting in the lotus position
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
to burst open; to pop; to split
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
with a collapse; with a slump
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
babysitting; babysitter; nanny; taking care of; looking after; accompanying
to be sacrificed; to become a victim (of); to fall victim (to); to lose one's life
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
personal (employee); employed; retained
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
with one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience; barely (e.g. escape); narrowly
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
leaving everything up to someone else
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
support; backing; patronage
clear as day; plain as day; patently obvious; (lit.) clearer than watching a fire
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else