conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
stole; scarf; stall (of an engine or aircraft); stall (cattle)
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to fall on one's backside
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
to collapse into; to flop onto
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggyback ride
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to begin to walk; to set out
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
female high-school student
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
hospitalization; hospitalisation
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
long ago; already; a long time ago