spelling; orthography; patching; binding
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
ninth day of the month; nine days
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
concurrence; coincidence; complication (in illness)
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to order; to command; to appoint
periodic; regular; routine
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
going to the hospital for regular treatment
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
together; at the same time; same; identical
family; members of a family
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
(with a) start; fright; alarm
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
to subsist; to keep on living
philandering; itch for women