rapid succession (e.g. questions)
brimming with youthful enthusiasm; in high spirits; raring to go; overflowing with youthful energy; acting all cute and charged up
tragic but brave; heroic; grim
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
completely; fully; entirely
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
exaggerated; extravagant; overdone
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
independence; self-reliance
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
the best time for doing something is as soon as you've thought of it; there's no time like the present; (lit.) it's an auspicious day (for doing it) when you've just had the idea
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
PTSD; post-traumatic stress disorder
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
to pass by; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it; to go too far
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
non-disabled; having no physical or mental disability; able-bodied
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
like this; this sort; this way
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
obsession; compulsive idea
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
academic; scholarly; scientific
to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up
return to work; going back to work
dismissal (from one's post); firing; being relieved from one's post; discarding; throwing away; becoming useless
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
not worth doing; waste of effort
to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice