choices; alternatives; options
extensive; vast range; wide scope
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat; to lose information
return; relapse; recurrence
to be in danger of; to be liable to
perfect; complete; flawless
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
final; eventual; ultimate
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
selection; choice; option
making a surgical incision in the abdomen
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
assertion; declaration; affirmation
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
again; once more; a second time
to undergo surgery; to have an operation
half and half; fifty-fifty
to take into consideration; to bear in mind
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
(period of) a year; during an era
sign; indication; omen; symptom
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by