chief executive officer; CEO
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
from A to Z; without exception; in every particular
removing a bad taste; cleansing one's palate; palate cleanser; intermezzo; dish or beverage to cleanse one's palate between dishes of a meal
job; work; duties; trade; skill
libertine; playboy; rake; lazy person
life in a dormitory; dormitory life
have a pain in one's chest
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)
night-vision scope; night scope
estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
large tree; big tree; huge tree
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
severe wound; serious wound; gash
to suture a wound; to sew up a wound
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
medical treatment (esp. surgical)
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
with a bump; with a clunk
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
abuse; misuse; perversion
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery