hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
hospitalization; hospitalisation
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)
very likely; very probable
intractable (diseases); hard to cure; rebellious; insurgent; refractory
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
how; in what way; how about
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
of course; certainly; naturally
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
sign; indication; omen; symptom
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
by myself; in person; by oneself
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience