protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
reoperation; repeat surgery; second surgery; surgical revision
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
vitality; (one's) life force
popular person; favorite; favourite
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
to leave (something) undone; to neglect (a duty, task, etc.); to break (a promise, appointment, etc.); to stand (someone) up
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
that's true; of course; obviously
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
three days and three nights
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
bolt from the blue; great surprise
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
person of doubtful origin
in proportion to; according to; depending on
to relapse; to reassert; to review
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
independent training (e.g. of athletes working without a coach)
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
two things that superficially similar but completely different; night and day; chalk and cheese; (lit.) the Moon and a turtle