to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
repentance; confession; penitence
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
to brave a danger; to take a risk
permanent; perpetual; persistent; lasting
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
large number (of); many; majority
to take over; to hand over
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
deadly disease; sickness unto death
unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight); hard to chew
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
greedy; avaricious; covetous
opening a business; opening a practice
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
to look at from a biased viewpoint; to look at with a prejudiced eye
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
enumeration; citation; listing
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
ratio; proportion; percentage
raw materials; ingredients