to criticize; to point out faults; to speak ill of
money-making; earning money
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
corpulence; fatness; obesity
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
development; exploitation
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to; (lit.) good medicine tastes bitter
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
expression; presentation; representation; notation
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
nature; property; disposition
universal medicine; cure-all; panacea
type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand
very much; very many; more and more
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
deadly disease; sickness unto death
actor; actress; player; performer
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
desperation; struggle to the death
sterilised; sterilized; sterile; pasteurised; pasteurized; germ-free
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
gasping for breath; at one's last gasp; breathing feebly; on the brink of death; more dead than alive
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
(hand) towel; handkerchief
true state; actual condition; reality
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
being frank; going so far as to say
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street