remodeling; remodelling; reconstruction; modding
inept doctor; bad doctor; poor doctor; quack
performing a surgical operation
prosopagnosia; face blindness
to be ill; to suffer from
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
external injury; external wound; (physical) trauma
because of; owing to; due to
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
eyes and nose; looks; facial features; shape; form
recognizing again; reacknowledging; recognition
visual impairment; vision impairment; vision loss
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent; walking sideways; staggering; striding
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
long ago; previous; of a former age
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
agnosia (loss of ability to recognize objects, persons, sounds, shapes, or smells)
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
auditory nerve; auditory nerves
mechanization; mechanisation
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
check (against); collation (with); comparison; verification
speaker; one who is skilled at speaking
distinction; discrimination; discernment; identification
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
first meeting; first interview with
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly