enlightenment; instruction
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
lover's whispers; sweet nothings; whispered intimacies; babbling (of a baby); babble
collapsing in the middle of a bout; breaking down (while in the middle of something); faltering halfway
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
Spain; Spanish (language)
working one's way through school; earning one's own school fees; studying under adversity; studying in harsh economic circumstances
Marshall (islands); Marchal; Marshal
nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting
question and answer session
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
affiliated company; affiliated business
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
to mesh (of gears); (fig.) to be in sync (of people, organizations, etc.)
by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand
partly open; in half bloom
bloodsucking; sucking blood
absorbency; hygroscopicity
dying from blood loss; bleeding to death; hemorrhaging to death
to bend; to warp; to lose heart
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
porcupinefish (Diodon holacanthus); balloonfish
proving ground; test site
to closely resemble; to suit well; to match well; to go well with
Extinct (conservation status); EX
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
(biological) neural network; neural circuit; nerve network
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward