to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
more than anything (else)
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
adipocere (waxy substance formed by the decomposition of corpses subjected to moisture); grave wax
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
womb; uterus; parent body; base; basis
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory
bias; eccentricity; obstinacy
turmoil; chaos; confusion
man of the future; Homo futurus
official history; authorized history
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
battle of wits; contest of wits
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
external (hard drive, disk drive, etc.)
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
one part; one portion; one section
example; illustration; precedent
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
beyond imagination; unimaginable
pregnancy; conception; gestation
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
funerary urn; cinerary urn; burial urn; cremation urn
journey; course; itinerary; stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)