to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
spelling; orthography; file; pad; bundle
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
9th day of the month; nine days
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
with a whack; with a smack; (answering a question) directly; definitively
clearly (standing out); distinctly; sharply; boldly; in sharp relief
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
mixture; jumble; blend; making a cord by entwining threads of various colours
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
chronic disease; chronic illness; old complaint; bad habit; intractable habit
concurrence; coincidence; complication (in illness)
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to order; to command; to appoint
periodic; regular; routine
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
going to the hospital regularly for treatment; attending hospital as an outpatient
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; 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; in a fright; alarmedly
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