stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
soldier; combatant; warrior
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
solitude; loneliness; isolation
belief; faith; conviction
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
clip (paper, surgical, etc.); hairpin; hair slide; curler
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
patient's chart; clinical records; record (e.g. student, equipment maintenance, etc.)
going to the hospital for regular treatment
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
second-year student; biennial
to have a rumor circulating
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
simply; merely; only; solely
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to hunt a spy; to put a tail on someone; to stalk
every person; every mouth; every entrance
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
relation; relative; kind; cordial
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling