for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
bedridden; confined to bed
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
patient's condition; pathology
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to be helpful; to be useful
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
near; close; beside; third person
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
button (clothing); push-button
calm; graceful; quiet; mellow; damp; moist
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
shorts; panties; knickers
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
that; the matter in question
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)