present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
medical science; medicine
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
reality; actuality; hard fact
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
one after another; in rapid succession
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
infant; baby; little child
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
expression; look; countenance; face
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
meaning; significance; sense
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
ten; 10; ten years of age
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time