to join forces; to cooperate
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
to bubble; to foam; to froth
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
in that manner; like that
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about