small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
infirmary (at a school, workplace, etc.); health center; nurse's office; nurse's room; sickroom; sick bay
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
occurrence; happening; incident; event
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
back country; remote countryside
modern convenience; convenience of civilized life; blessings of civilization
beautiful face; beautiful looks; beauty; belle; handsome man
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
crying (of an infant) at night; baby colic
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
in public; in company; in the presence of others
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
marriageable age; chance of marriage
to rule; to govern; to reign over; to subdue; to suppress; to quell
to head home; to leave for home
planning; planning ability; deliberateness
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
to serve; to work for; to attend
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)