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(v.) make oneself an example, make oneself serve as an example to others, play an exemplary role

(conj.) so as to..., so that...

(v./adv.) overflow, spill; excessively

(v.) discuss | (char.) opinion, view; to comment

(v.) translate, interpret; decode

(n.) agenda

(idiom.) invariable, unalterable, unchangeable

(idiom.) can find no way out, be at one's wits' end

(idiom.) thoroughly, completely

(n.) volunteer worker; volunteer work

(idiom.) get sth. done in one vigorous effort, do sth without letup

(phr.) as soon as, immediately after

(adv.) with one action, at one stroke

(phr.) every act and every move; one's every action

(idiom.) different mouths, same voice; speak in unison

(n.) pop can (can which can be opened by pulling a ring)

(phr.) wholesale, comprehensive

(v.) stand towering like a giant

(adv.) in a row, in succession

(phr.) a chain of (events, errors, jobs, problems, etc.), a succession of, a series, a row

(adj.) extremely stingy, not to give a cent to

(n.) vaccine

(n.) one side, side, aside

(v.) not say a word, stay silent

(adv./n.) (do things) single-handedly, all by oneself; skill, proficiency, trick

(phr.) muddled and completely collapsing, in an awful condition, complete shambles, a total mess

(n.) topic for discussion

(n.) one body, one whole body

(adv.) directly, headlong

(num.) hundreds of millions, millions upon millions

(v./n.) mean; meaning; implication; overtone

(idiom.) have nothing at all, not own a thing in the world, be stony broke

(phr.) not know anything at all, completely ignorant

(phr.) unexpected, previously unimagined

(phr.) indulge in the wildest fantasy

(adj.) whole-hearted

(idiom.) wholeheartedly, with heart and soul

(n.) the opposite sex

(v.) not say a word (idiom), keep silent

(idiom.) every word and action, all that one said and did