Mother's Day (2nd Sunday of May)
carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus)
to become a little hungry; to become a bit peckish
butcher's shop; butcher; meat shop
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to press a question; to cross-examine
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
to play a part; to get involved; to take a share; to share the burden
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
no skin off my nose; somebody else's problem; (lit.) fire on the opposite shore
to forget completely; to leave behind
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
to appear in the newspaper
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
motive power; driving force
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
phantom; vision; illusion
undisputed; entirely; perfect
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
to grow up; to become an adult
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
clover (Trifolium repens); white clover; Dutch clover; clubs (card suit)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)