to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
otherwise; or else; if not
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely
deformity; distortion; disability; word written at the end of a letter
literally; to the letter; literal
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
piling shame on top of shame
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
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
amount used; quantity consumed; usage
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
to hang oneself; to strangle oneself
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
despite having waited a long time; in spite of having waited a long time; no matter how long one waits
to increase; to add to; to augment
ten (long cylindrical things)
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to sniff out; to get wind of
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
hospitalization; hospitalisation
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly