hospitalization; hospitalisation
complications (in an illness)
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
nausea; sickness in the stomach
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to accept; to receive; to agree
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
as before; as ever; as it was originally
reality; actuality; hard fact
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
being left out; being ostracized
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
joint together; opposite; facing
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
thickheaded; obtuse; slow; sluggish; indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
to rise; to erect; to get up
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
family; members of a family
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
less than ...; smaller ...
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize