the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
station; office; guardroom
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
patient's chart; clinical records; record (e.g. student, equipment maintenance, etc.)
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
gentle; mild; meek; tender
ping-pong; table tennis; exactly!; surely!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
excitability; irritability
sedative; tranquilizer; tranquiliser
as before; as ever; as it was originally
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
return; relapse; recurrence
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
short circuit; leakage (of electricity); electrical fault
offender; criminal; culprit
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
small window; fenestella; scuttle (type of hatch on a ship)
nurse (male or female); personal care attendant
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
name plate; name tag; label
space; interval; space character; whitespace
fit; spasm; attack; seizure
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)
to put one's hand on; to touch