grumbling; muttering; nonsense
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
smart-alecky; clever-clever; cheeky; cunning; crafty; shrewd
how things should be; the way something ought to be; ideal state; ideal form
would be a waste of words; would be a waste of breath; there's no point in saying
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
temper; irritability; fit of anger; tantrum (esp. of children); temper tantrum
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
completely; all the way; altogether; bodily
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
to think nothing of ...; to care nothing for ...; to be undaunted by ...; to defy ...; to brave ...; to pay no attention to ...
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
dizzyingly; with one's head swimming
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable
to surge; to well up; to gush out
son of a bitch; piece of shit
crushing evil; destroying heresy
creation; Creation (by God)
to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to become hot (from the sun)
to continue to work; to work away (at)
narrow-minded; intolerant; petty
to collect information; to gather knowledge
one end; an end; part; fragment
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
to one's heart's content or satisfaction
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally
ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap
bitter enemies in the same boat; rivals finding themselves together by chance; strange bedfellows
training; education; cultivation; making pottery and casting metal
putting an end to; bringing to a close; person who opens and closes the curtains (in a theatre)
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
color (of an animal); body color
very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search; scouring
extermination of insect pests; pest control