first; first base; first baseman; fast
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
dead person; deceased person
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
anticancer drug; anticancer agent
patting; stroking; caressing
completely; entirely; wholly
like this; in this way; as you see
unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time
way of reciting; way of telling a story
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
computerized tomography; CT
periodic inspection; regular inspection
return; relapse; recurrence
poke (Hawaiian raw-fish salad)
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
stepwise; one step at a time
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
maintaining the status quo
self-healing; spontaneous recovery
innocent; cherubic; childlike
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
breakthrough; great discovery
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally