toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
of tender years; very young
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
picking on somebody smaller than oneself; bullying the weak
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
censure; criticism; blame; disparagement; vilification
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
influential person; man of importance
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
planned; scheduled; systematic
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
reason; cause; circumstances
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
sheltered upbringing; person who has had a sheltered upbringing; (lit.) hothouse upbringing
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
next generation; future generation
to compete with; to vie for
eternal; unlimited; endless
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
to keep an eye on; to take care of
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
staying somewhere else (overnight); spending the night away (e.g. from home); going home (e.g. from hospital) for the night; sleepover
to fold up; to fold into layers
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
food and drink; eating and drinking
for example; for instance; e.g.
machine parts; machinery; equipment
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even