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the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come

6

language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking

2

disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

2

specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet

1

penicillin

29

United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England

1

Fleming; Flemming; Flemyng

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

1

blue mold; blue mould; penicillium

9

existence; being

2

confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation

1

in history; ever; historical

1

first; new

1

antibiotic; antibiotics

1

bacterium; bacteria; germ

1

extermination; expulsion; destruction

2

force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

2

medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic

19

various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

1

infectious disease; infection

2

mankind; humanity

1

twentieth century

1

most; extremely

1

great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty

1

discovery; detection; finding

1

one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of

3

certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

1

to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

12

if; in case; supposing

3

I; me

6

to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

2

to be able (to); to be possible (to)

1

to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

1

someone; somebody

1

fate; destiny; lot

2

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

4

medical science; medicine

6

history

1

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

2

to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

2

and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

2

that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?

2

possibly; by some possibility; perhaps

1

hence; for that reason

2

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

8

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

4

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

2

in that way; thus; so; so?

4

honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity

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