stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
dispensary; dispensing pharmacy; pharmacist's office
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to face on; to look out on to
to sit down; to take a seat
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
how long; how far; how much
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
senior high school student
self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
second marriage; remarriage
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
self-consciousness; self-awareness
thinking little of one's family
at least; at most; (even) just
related (by blood); blood-related; of the same blood
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
wind and waves; strife; discord; dissension
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
divine punishment; wrath of God; justice of heaven; suitable punishment; just deserts; come-uppance
a few years ago; some years back
old body; aged person; elderly person
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to be shrewd; to be sharp; to keep your wits about you; (lit.) to pluck out the eye of a live horse
livelihood; subsistence; business; trade; profession
boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
to keep away; to keep at a distance