hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
to come back; to return; to recur
to take a turn for the better (of an illness, patient, etc.); to begin to improve; to begin to recover; to convalesce
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
stimulant; stimulative; excitant
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
slight; thin; on the weak side
wonton (Chinese dumpling); won ton; wantan; wanton; wuntun
to boil something until it is done (e.g. vegetables)
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to be bothered (by something); to suffer
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
fixed date; appointed day
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
temporary; provisional; interim
return to work; going back to work
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
contact network; phone tree; contact information for relevant people (in a given organization)
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress