worthless; pointless; useless
assigned role; duty; position; suitable role; best-suited job
to engage in (mutual) competition
small consideration (remuneration, token of gratitude)
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
better than none at all; better than nothing
sparing no trouble; taking pains (to); take the trouble (to)
employee; employed person
from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
carrying out mercenary deeds; having a mercenary attitude; calculating
origin; fundamental element
to install (a person) in (someone's) place
trouble of going somewhere
to sweep up together; to sweep into a heap
short supply; supply shortage
such; like that; in that way
(family) relationship; connection
to inlay; to insert; to plug in (to a formula); to immerse; to trick; to deceive
parents' partiality for their children; parents overvaluing their children
residence; dwelling; home
blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank
in swarms; in throngs; in droves; in hordes
slender build; slender figure; leptosome; waifish; leptosomaic; leptosomatic
wheel flying off its axle
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
rhythmically (beating, e.g. gong); clip-clopping (e.g. horse); crumbly; ambling; strolling; dozing
four arithmetic operations; basic arithmetic operations
hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
playing to the gallery; showing off; pretence; surface preparation (for painting, etc.); scraping a surface clean