recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
hostility; animosity; enmity
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
civilian in military employ
dissection; autopsy; analysis
focal point; nodal point; node
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
bone marrow; medulla; true spirit; one's mind
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
luminescent organism; photogenic organism
correction; revision; amendment
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
to affect; to impact; to influence
general idea; concept; notion
proposition; thesis; notion; problem; issue; challenge
having said that; be that as it may
culling; putting down; slaughtering; killing
(medical) follow-up; observation
to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
picking out; taking out; (surgical) removal; exposure
butcher's shop; butcher; meat shop
freezing compartment; freezer
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
to play cool; to act cool
to demand gratitude; to make a favour of something; to remind of a favour done to someone; to emphasize the favour one has done
half the body; half length
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)