how many months?; how long?
hospitalization; hospitalisation
great man; great god; hero; big man
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
to rank next to; to come after
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
three days and three nights
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally
the same kind; accomplice; partner
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
commander; commanding officer; CO
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite
to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
to have (something) innate; to be born with
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
number of days (times) one has attended
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
deep inside; innermost place
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)