surgery (branch of medicine); department of surgery
heart; guts; nerve; heart (of something); central part
number of persons; personnel
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to be sluggish; to make little progress; to show little growth; to fail to improve; to level off; to not grow as much as expected
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
obstetrics; obstetrical department; maternity division
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.); superintendent; rector
medical treatment; medical care
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
number (on its own, without considering its proportion to the whole); overall number
medicine; drug; chemical agent (e.g. pesticide, bleach, lubricant); chemical
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why