preparing a prescription; compounding a medicine
to be absorbed in reading; to get lost in reading; to be immersed in (a book)
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
to open up (to someone); to become unreserved; to lower one's guard; to become friendly (with); to feel at ease; to take a relaxed attitude (to)
disqualification; unfitness; noncompliance
to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify
growing (graph rising to the right); increasing; soaring; expanding
perseverance makes one stronger; slow but steady wins the race
surname; family name; last name
dripping wet; soaked; drenched
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy
for work; in a manner related to work
to infer; to figure out; to get an idea of; to tell; to imagine; to guess
to refer to; to consult; to use as a reference
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
encouragement; urging; spurring on
parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)
second grade; medium quality; average; middle class; secondary grade
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
there's nothing we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have; nonexistent; not in one's possession; we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have what we don't have
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
(teacher's) platform; podium; dais
to die (in action, in one's youth)
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust
to fall (on); to rain down; to shower down; to befall; to happen (to)
to complete decisively; to do to completion