palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (e.g. economy); losing momentum
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
(medical) doctor; physician
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
bringing; taking; carrying
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
trouble; bother; annoyance
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language
chair; stool; post; office; position
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long