to become better; to improve
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
with a thud; with a flop; with a plop; suddenly (stop, come to an end, etc.)
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
devoted; self-sacrificing
price; cost; value; worth; value
things at hand; personal belongings
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to distract a person's attention
(large) house; residence; mansion
without leaving any trace
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
whispered conversation; whispering
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to become red; to redden; to blush
rather than; more ... than ...
slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up
to be dispelled (of doubts, ill feeling, etc.); to disappear; to be put behind one; to burst (of a boil, abscess, etc.)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
in terms of one's personality; personal; character (flaw, etc.)
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)