selection; choice; option
indicate reason; infers some protest
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
reason; cause; circumstances
to stare back at; to look back at
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
highly nourishing (nutritious); earning top marks nutrition-wise
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
parting; separation; farewell
at least; at most; (even) just
(doing something) in tears
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
elder sister; effeminate man
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
several years; a few years
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
embrace; hug; holding in one's arms
to mark the end; to spell the end
other than; excluding; without
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
to let out a cry; to break forth