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to play out

to develop

vested interest

a strong personal interest in something because you could get an advantage from it

to grasp

to hold firmly

marvel

a thing or person that is very surprising or causes a lot of admiration

contention

an opinion expressed in an argument

to squander

to waste opportunities by not using them to your advantage

ruthlessly

in a way that shows no thought or worry

to have a go

to try

nativity play

a play that tells the story of Jesus Christ's birth, usually performed by children at Christmas

from the waist up

from the beginning

output

an amount of something produced by a person, machine, factory, country, etc.

disembodied

seeming not to have a body or not to be connected to a body

to writhe

to make large twisting movements with the body

predicated on the idea

depending on the existence or truth of this thing

benignly

in a way that is pleasant and kind or not harmful

engulfed

surrounded or covered completely

protracted

lasting for a long time or made to last longer than necessary

shaft

a long structure

epiphany

a moment when you suddenly feel that you understand, or suddenly become conscious of, something that is very important to you

to fidget

to make continuous, small movements, especially if they do not have a particular purpose and you make them without meaning to

to mine

to dig coal or another substance out of the ground

commodity

a substance or product that can be traded, bought, or sold

to avert

to prevent something bad from happening

corpus callosum

a wide strip of nerve fibres that connects the two halves of the brain