by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
decrease; reduction; decline
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
with a friendly grin; smilingly
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste