guardians; parents; father and older brother
to be more than one can imagine (esp. of sadness, anguish, etc.); to be impossible to comprehend
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)
cerebral anemia; cerebral anaemia
sleeplessness; insomnia; wakefulness
to keep (a person) waiting
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
annex (of a library, museum, etc.)
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to close in on (30 years of age, etc.); to approach; to get close to
silence; stillness; quietness
what kind of business; what sort of matter
janitor; caretaker; custodian; (slighting reference to a) handyman
boarding house; school dormitory; residential college (UK, etc.)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
care; scrupulousness; conscientiousness
business; errand; nature of one's business
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
in time of need; for a rainy day; in case of emergency