creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
to be moist; to be damp; to profit by; to receive benefits; to become rich; to become at ease financially
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
panting; gasping; heavy breathing
last spurt; final spurt; home stretch
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
vermiculation; peristalsis; crawling like a worm
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling
close connection; deep involvement; close relationship
trivial; not amounting to much
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
about when; about what time; how soon
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
kindergarten entrance ceremony
to extract essence by boiling; to extract flavor; to decoct
nursery school; day nursery; preschool
(husband and wife) both working; dual income
or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to be in luck's way; to get lucky
mumblingly; grumblingly; tardily; slowly
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
leaving everything up to someone else
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos