surgery; department of surgery (hospital, etc.)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
meaning; significance; sense
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
one's post; place of work; workplace
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
trauma (usu. psychological)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
clerk; office worker; office staff
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
drinking party; get-together
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to have a talk; to tell a story