the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
odds and ends; all; every
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
without sparing time for sleep
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
one more time; once more; once again
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to take a breath; to take a short rest
... years old; age (of) ...
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
personal; individual; private
story; tale; talk; discussion
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
to look around; to survey
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to subsist; to keep on living
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
talking in one's sleep; somniloquy; nonsense; gibberish
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
to burst (open); to break; to split
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
to support each other; to support one another
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile
to help each other; to cooperate
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all