scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
older sister; lass; young lady
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
hospitalization; hospitalisation
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
remittance; sending money
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to be found; to be discovered
material (data) for one's research; research material
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
connection; link; relationship
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
really; truly; indeed; good grief
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
very careful; thoroughly prepared