startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
very interesting; of great interest
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe
with a start; with a jump
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
condition; state (of health); appearance
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
recuperation; medical treatment
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
duvet; bed cover; coverlet; quilt; comforter; eiderdown
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
upper half of the body; upper body
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
to rush over; to run up to
to raise one's voice; to shout
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)