grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
interview (with a doctor); history taking
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
diagnosis; medical examination
using one's fingers as a comb; combing one's hand through one's hair
arbitrarily; of its own accord; voluntarily; wilfully; willfully; as one pleases
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
product; produce; result; fruit
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
to lose sight of; to miss
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
simple honesty; tactless frankness
absorption; suction; aspiration; attraction; draw
concentrated sulfuric acid; concentrated sulphuric acid
request; appeal; claim; purchase
instability; insecurity; crankiness
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
talking in delirium; incoherent muttering
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
boiled octopus; person as red as a lobster
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
soon; before long; shortly thereafter
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
continuation; succession; series
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)
red-blossomed plum tree; red Japanese apricot
picture drawn on a folding screen
in a sense; in some way; to an extent