even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
second day of the month; two days
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
when you really think about it; on reflection; in actual fact; once again (fashionable, popular, etc.); back (in style)
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
floating island (mass of floating aquatic plants); island that appears to be floating (due to the mirage effect)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
blunder; (careless) mistake; error
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
close; intimate; on good terms
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
care; kea (Nestor notabilis)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
aftercare; care for patients after discharge from hospital; after-sales service
company; corporation; workplace
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
recompense; indemnity; atonement
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
as you see; as you can see
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden