unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
opening time; starting time of work
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
doddering; tottering; unsteady; shaky; decrepit; infirm
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
answer a roll call for another
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
to subsist; to keep on living
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
the staff; inside the department
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
corridor; gallery; platform; passageway
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
study; learning; tutorial
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
three-way junction; three-way intersection
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
construction; architecture (of buildings)
to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown