to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
long (time that has passed); old (story)
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
stomach lining; gastric wall
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
preservation of health; hygiene; sanitation; health education (school subject)
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
hostile nature; inimical character
living thing; organism; creature; biology
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to copy (down); to transcribe
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
drop-by-drop; dripping; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion; sluggishly; dawdling
to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled
to shake; to wave; to swing; to sway
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through
to exile; to banish; to revise the wording of a phrase
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
narrowness; being cramped; being almost full
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
justification; rationalization