bedridden; confined to bed
beautiful face; beautiful looks; beauty; belle; handsome man
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
cultivation; nurture; culture
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
pointer (dog breed); English pointer; pointer (rod); pointing stick; (mouse) pointer; mouse cursor
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
without accident; uneventfully; without ...
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
breaking off short (in one's speech); rendered speechless for a moment
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
to unfold; to unroll; to open
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
at a loss for words; stumped for words
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
cripple; disabled person; invalid
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
to shed light; to cast light
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to speak; to hear a voice
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait