overseas assignment; overseas posting
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
such; like that; that sort of; very
for today; for the time being
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
time; hour; period; class
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
adds force or indicates command
nausea; sickness in the stomach
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
last night; yesterday evening
gastrospasm; stomach spasm; stomach cramps
fit; spasm; attack; seizure
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
care; kea (Nestor notabilis)
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
back off!; leave me alone!
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
easy; simple; there's no way that ...