skillful handling of a kitchen knife
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
as if nothing had happened
head; brains; intellect; understanding
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
detached house; stand-alone house; single-family home
many children; large family
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
living a life of leisure with dignity; living quietly and comfortably free from worldly cares; otium cum dignitate
severe; strict; tough; hard
entrustment; leaning against; propping up
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to run aground; to strike a rock; to be stranded on a reef; to reach a deadlock; to come to a standstill; to run into difficulties
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)
highlighter; highlighter pen
testimony; (verbal) evidence
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
to get shabby; to go downhill; to go to seed; to go to the dogs
evening primrose (esp. the fourwing evening primrose, Oenothera tetraptera)
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
liquid crystal television
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen