deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die
to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
medicine; medical science
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
being too late; losing one's final chance
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to keep watching; to continue looking at; to gaze at
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
to grumble about something (trivial)
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about