heart attack; myocardial infarction
stroke; cerebral haemorrhage; cerebral hemorrhage
riskiness; (level of) danger
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
persistent; obstinate; stubborn; pigheaded
to succeed; to bear fruit
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; if (at all) possible
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
worthy of special mention
orphan; person without friends
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
moral way of life; correct path; moral principles
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to miss a meal; to lose the means to make one's livelihood
calculating; mercenary; selfish; self-interested
commencing with; including
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things
to shine; to glow; to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by)
to say no more; to sink into silence
presenter; speaker; performer; actor; participant (in a TV show or TV panel)
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
quarrelsome; easy to anger; quick to lose temper