administration (of medicine)
to be a matter of life or death
to be in danger of; to be liable to
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to jar; to creak; to grate
crispy; crunchy; tearing; ripping; spirited; energetic
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
interior; inside; internal
haughty; arrogant; supercilious
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
regret; remorse; repentance; contrition
shyness; bashfulness; shame
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
syringe; hypodermic needle; injector
to feel oneself indebted to
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to become better; to improve
falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
delicacy; tact; considerateness; sensitivity; thoughtfulness
to be needed; to be wanted
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze