to be filled to bursting; to burst
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
clothes for a newborn baby; baby clothes
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
three days and three nights
labour pains; labor pains; birth pains; contractions
maternity room; delivery room
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
spiritual plane; spiritual aspect; mental level
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme