to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
time; season; period; phase; stage
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
to begin (emphatically); to launch; to embark on
to make merry; to be festive
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to be needed; to be wanted
to go too far; to go to excess
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
grasp; catch; understanding
any more; any further; any better; any longer
guardian; protector; patron; parent
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
settlement; solution; resolution
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)