to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
shift the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); pass the buck
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth
looking from the side; looking aside
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
to claim lives; to cause deaths; to result in fatalities
measurement error; calculation error
use; utility; effect; benefit
secret medicine; secret remedy; nostrum; wonder drug; excellent remedy
unsanitary condition; lack of hygienic care; inattention to hygiene; unhygienic conditions
medical treatment (esp. surgical)
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to freeze; to refrigerate
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
hostility; antagonism; opposition
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
period when one's voice changes; (age of) puberty
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
contents (of a container, stomach, etc.); things inside
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
with a clatter; with a fling (opening a door, window, etc.); bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); cheerfully
nasal mucus; dripping nose; snot
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to exit