symptoms; condition (of a patient)
aluminium can; aluminum can
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
out (of a ball; in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
intentional; deliberate; contrived; artificial
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
fall; drop; descent; coming down
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note
to thrust down; to push off
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)
mercilessly; relentlessly; unsparingly
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
soccer; (association) football; seersucker
stoppage time; injury time; added time; lost time; wasted time
author; writer; novelist; artist
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
(even) if only a little; to some extent; in the slightest way
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
trembling with excitement
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
evaluation; appraisal; assessment; judgement; estimation; criticism
as expected; as predicted
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
source of worry; source of distress
aquarium (building); oceanarium
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
to incur the wrath of the gods (e.g. by doing something immoral); to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
all one has; all one's possessions