near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
regret; repentance; remorse
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
operating room; operating theatre
sickroom; hospital room; ward
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
value; worth; virtue; blessing
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
birthday party; birthday meet-up
stay of execution; suspended sentence
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
Rio; Rio de Janeiro (abbr)
National Center Test for University Admissions
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
melon bread; half-melon shaped bun, flavored with artificial melon