cane; walking stick; staff; wand
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
like an old man; doddering; wizened; frowzy; seedy
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to spit out; to eject; to dump
promotion (school, military, etc.)
system; institution; organization; organisation
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
(period of) a year; during an era
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
big-boned; sturdily built; stout; solid (plan, storyline, etc.)
those (near the second person)
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to pass (of time); to elapse
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience