head start; initiative; preemption
understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom
to misread; to mispronounce
grasping the present situation; having an accurate grasp of the situation
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
half and half; fifty-fifty
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
air flotilla; air fleet; combat aviation unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy
balcony; Spanish bar; Spanish-style restaurant with a counter, serving food, alcoholic drinks, and coffee
pronunciation; production of sound
close call; narrow margin; the eleventh hour
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
tall story; tall tale; cock-and-bull story
(arch.) charmed and cursed; something that bewilders; something that leads one astray; the work of demons
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
Jon; John; Gjon; Jonathan
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
nurse call; a patient's call button in a hospital
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
sense of color; sense of colour
to recover consciousness; to come to
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
patient's chart; clinical records; record (e.g. student, equipment maintenance, etc.)
general anesthesia; general anaesthesia
take care of yourself; get well soon; God bless you; bless you
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition
hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
condition; state (of health); appearance
to be suspected without cause
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
charitable organization; charitable institution; charity