reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to offer flowers (e.g. at grave); to leave flowers
complete stranger; total stranger
noted doctor; excellent physician
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
performing a surgical operation
cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
(festivity) page; baby; child; (arch.) boys kept by pederasts
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
helping hand; help; support; aid
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
health care professional; medical worker
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
moving tale; impressive tale
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
these guys; these fellows
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)