to become excited; to grow lively
in succession; one after another
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
unapproved; lack of approval
used (ticket, stamp, etc.); spent (fuel, battery, etc.)
on paper; in the newspapers; in a letter
(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning; trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
starting a train (or bus, etc.) before all the passengers are on board; making a snap decision; starting an action without considering objections to it any longer
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
inclusion body; inclusion corpuscle
separate; special; another; separately
Research Institute for Tropical Medicine
(game of) whack-a-mole; whac-a-mole
returning no more (usu. of a person who has died); dying
to thrust down; to push off
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
several times; a few times; several degrees; a few degrees
severe (illness, disability, etc.); serious
hiatus; hiascent; esophageal hiatus; lyrifissure; hole
drill; gimlet; awl; auger
part; section; affected part (of the body); private parts; genitals
probe; sound; sonde; radiosonde; sounding balloon
several sheets (flat objects)
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
800,000; eight hundred thousand