medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
sleeping pill; sleep medication
modern man; modern person; modernist
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
tip of a twig; tip; end; trifles; trivial matters
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
on the way back; when about to go back
intersection; crossing; crossroad; street corner; street
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
patient's condition; pathology
rising; exacerbated; exasperated; accelerated; aggravated
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to count; to include in the number
neglecting; leaving alone
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
(teacher's) platform; podium; dais
pupil; student; schoolchild
household items; furniture; furnishings; (arch.) bow and arrow
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
great and small; in detail; all
all things in nature; the whole creation
thousand years; very long period; forever
hourly; from one minute to the next; from hour to hour; moment by moment; with each passing moment
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement