to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness)
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
devoted; self-sacrificing
sick person; patient; invalid
food and drink; eating and drinking
skillfully; admirably; really well; excellently
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
opinion; point of view; visual point
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
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
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
worst; worst-case (scenario)
prevention; precaution; protection against
to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
straight-laced person; stubborn person
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
to look down on; to make light of
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar