bottle feeding; artificial nourishment
assistance dog; helper dog
showery sky; (it is) looking showery
service dog (for the disabled, etc.)
memorial lecture; commemorative speech
stock-farming; cattle breeding
adrenocortical hormone; adrenal cortex hormone
in brief; to put it succinctly
legislating; legislation; passage of a bill into law
to gush out; to gush forth; to effuse
former husband; late husband
shit; sitting; sitting down; sit!
pick-up knowledge; second-hand knowledge; hearsay
to approach the year end; to be jammed tight
old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned
poi (Maori style of performance art); poi (tethered weights used in poi performances)
while fumbling one's words; with a stutter
(unusually) dry rainy season