to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
heavy-hearted; depressed; dispirited; (feeling) down; feeling reluctant (to do)
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
measured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; manner of seasoning; making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
stupid; dim-witted; dense; dull; obtuse; slow
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
to be eloquent; to have a way with words
preparing to flee; being ready to run away
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for; to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.); to leave (a message); to send word
great person; eminent figure
leading person; foremost figure
research material; experimental material
surgery (branch of medicine); department of surgery
administration (of medicine); giving medication
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
to intervene; to stop (something)
personal use; private use; private business; personal business
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
years of (someone's) birth and death
killing time; staving off boredom
analogy; analogical reasoning; analogical inference; analogy
consequently; as a result
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
(linguistic) competence; language capability
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
babies and preschool children
pregnancy; conception; gestation
one-year-old; one year old
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
spirit of study (inquiry, enquiry); (having) an inquiring mind
one's own child; one's own children
to maintain; to continue to have
girl; baby girl; schoolgirl; girl pupil
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)