one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
therapeutic agent; remedy; medicine; drug; cure
approval; license; licence; permission
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
to have an accident; to meet with an accident
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer
willpower; energy; vitality
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
to smile (at); to grin (at)
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to yearn for; to be in love with
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
contradiction; inconsistency
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)