apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
maintenance; preservation; improvement
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
beyond help; there's nothing that can be done
had better ...; had better not ...
state capital; provincial capital; county town
poor doctor; inept doctor; quack
to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
to need; to demand; to take; to require
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
face; looks; vestiges; trace
look of death; shadow of death
regret; repentance; remorse
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets
tone (of voice); manner of talking
after a long time; for the first time in a while
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
strong impression conveyed by one's eyes; eyes that convey a strong sense of purpose
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to fan; to incite; to instigate
second (unit of time); arc second
silence; stillness; quietness
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide