carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
refined; elegant; graceful; classic
moment; brief space of time
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
way of reciting; way of telling a story
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
lost property; something dropped and left behind
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
to get between; to be caught in
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to choose a lucky (auspicious) day
to throw on the fire; to burn
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
since then; from that time; ever since
greeting; a fine thing to say
(period of) a year; during an era
being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
while alive; during one's lifetime
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
to ask a question; to ask questions
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself