loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
waste of time; killing time
posture; position; pose; attitude
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS
complete cure; radical cure; complete recovery
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
hospitalization; hospitalisation
Ms; Miss; Madame; highbrow (woman); cerebral
extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
paper strip (around parcels, banknotes, etc.)
one's remaining years; the rest of one's life
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
proneness to being ill; being sick a lot; proneness to disease
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
with a "plop" (of tears, drop of water, etc.)
poo; poop; doo-doo; caca; whoopsie
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
to improve upon; to make improvements to; to refine
return; relapse; recurrence
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
to find out; to discover; to detect
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
defense; defence; defensive preparations
in the face of; in defiance of
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
to pass each other; to cross paths
gift of money (contained in an envelope); money reward (for services rendered)
to get thin; to taper off
emergency; crisis; imminent danger; Vulnerable (conservation status); VU