omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
PC; personal computer; prestressed concrete; precast concrete; polycarbonate; political correctness; patrol car
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
forgetting; lapse of memory
internal medicine, i.e. treatment by medical procedures rather than surgical procedures; department of internal medicine (hospital, etc.)
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
office hours; business hours; working hours
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
long ago; a long time ago; already
wedded life; married life
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
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
to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other