after that; afterwards; thereafter
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
sleeping pill; sleep medication
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
after a long time; for the first time in a while
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
access counter; Web counter
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
sunlight; rays of the Sun