(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta
prevention; protection (against); precaution
Breathless (1960 film); À bout de souffle
going to the hospital regularly for treatment; attending hospital as an outpatient
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop
book nut; bibliomaniac; bookworm
butting; clashing (of schedules, etc.); conflict; colliding
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
nuisance to other people; inconvenience to others
fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor
to lose one's way; to get lost
circumstances; sequence of events; how things got this way; details; particulars
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
alone; by oneself; on one's own
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
cheap article; poor-quality article
to drink up; to drink to the last drop; to drink (a glass) dry; to drain (one's glass); to empty; to down (a drink)
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
hanging around; wandering around (aimlessly); moving around (restlessly); running around
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
chop (pork, lamb, etc.); chop; chop (in tennis or table tennis); chop stroke
vernier calipers; vernier micrometer
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject
feeling good; feeling pleasant
security; stability; safety; peace
springy (texture); doughy; elastic
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
abandoning; giving up; quitting