as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
very much; exceedingly; extremely
crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack
room allocation; assignment of rooms
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to explain adequately; to be accountable
last years; closing years; last days; closing days; end; last stage
brain tumor; brain tumour
several weeks; a few weeks
wandering; roaming; drifting
aimlessly; without a goal
vomiting blood; hematemesis
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
settlement (of a matter); sorting out; winding up (affairs); cleaning up afterwards; tidying up (when finished)
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
for today; for the time being
madder red; dark red; crimson
fast asleep; dead to the world
to be quick-witted; to be quick-thinking
out of hand; uncontrollable; out of control; messy
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to harden one's heart; to steel oneself
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely