suffocation; choking; asphyxia
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to torment; to torture; to harass
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
obstruction of business; interference with business
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
to rain incessantly; to downpour
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic
abandoned child; foundling
one day; (on) a certain day
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
way (of doing); manner; method; means
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
study; learning; tutorial
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful