obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
class; heading; group; category
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
middle-aged spread; weight put on in middle age
such; this sort of; like this
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
feeling of envy; jealous feeling
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
periodic; regular; routine
question; inquiry; enquiry
reopening; resumption; restarting
thank you very much; I'm sorry; excuse me
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
knowing; (an) acquaintance
don't worry about it; forget about it
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
gold crown (tooth); golden crown; coronet; crown made out of gold
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
scar (e.g. from operation, injection); trace; mark (e.g. skid marks)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
patient's chart; clinical records; record (e.g. student, equipment maintenance, etc.)
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
even if not; even without
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
consideration; taking into account
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than