surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgery
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
until now; so far; up to the present
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
solution; solution strategy
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
although I say; although one might say; although called
distant; remote; isolated
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
method of treatment; cure; remedy
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier