check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
one person; another name; nickname; alias
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage
administrative staff; business clerk; clerical force; clerical officer; clerical personnel; clerical staff
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to lose one's footing; to slip
(state of) unconsciousness
be on your guard; negligence is the enemy
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
proposal; offer; request; application
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
sickroom; hospital room; ward
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
upper half of the body; upper body
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
towel blanket; terry-cloth blanket
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
image; figure; figure; form; image
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
story; tale; talk; discussion
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
contraction; shrinking; shrinkage; constriction; deflation
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar