surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
to be too late; to be too slow
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
the seven prismatic colors (colours)
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
to get stuck in; to be mired in; to be addicted to
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
jutting out (of bounds); being crowded out
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
town; city; municipal; urban
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
winning in a flash; instant defeat
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
you (plural); all of you; you all
brave figure; valiant figure; heroic figure; gallant figure
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
decrease; reduction; decline
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
concurrence; coincidence; complication (in illness)
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit