person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
every month; monthly; month by month
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I
contest; comparison; competition
unable to resist; unable to suppress
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into
dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
puppy; whelp; magic word said to comfort a frightened child and put him to sleep
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
mongrel; mixed-breed dog; dog of nondescript breed
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
thus; in this way; like this
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
torture to death; torment to death
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil