to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
general idea; concept; notion
convenient; handy; useful
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
to one's delight; to one's joy
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
descendant; posterity; offspring
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
using as an intermediary; through
luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco); indulgence; something consumed for taste or stimulant effect rather than nourishment
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
on rare occasions; once in a blue moon
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
ancestor; forefather; foremother
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
from the beginning; from scratch
all you want; as much as one wants
to be able to manage somehow or another
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; kid stuff; puerile trick
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
cannot be compared with; no match for
connotation; comprehension; intension; inclusion; containment within
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
inquisitive mind; spirit of inquiry; spirit of enquiry
region; limits; stage; level