edge of town; outskirts of a village
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
patient's condition; pathology
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
prescription; formulation; formula; recipe
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
eccentric young person (esp. girl)
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
impassioned speech; fervent speech
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange