elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
person who just tags along; hanger-on; person who follows someone around like a shadow; clingy person; mindless follower; (lit.) goldfish feces
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to be astonished to hear; to be incredulous about; to express disbelief; who do you think you're kidding by saying (that); what a laugh!
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
not only that, but also; besides that; in addition to that; on top of that; furthermore
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
weeding; weeder; weeding fork
cotton gloves; working gloves
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
little by little; bit by bit; sparingly
to pluck; to pick; to tear
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; cannabis
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice
the other day; lately; recently
vitality; (one's) life force
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to shake one's head (in denial)
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness