surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
hospitalization; hospitalisation
prognosis; recuperation; convalescence
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
host; landlord; innkeeper
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
sickroom; hospital room; ward
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
difficult to understand; difficult to grasp; confusing; puzzling
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
bacterium; bacteria; germ
infection; contagion; becoming infected; being infected (e.g. with harmful ideas); being influenced (by)
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
undergrowth; weeds beneath a tree
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
single word; a few words; brief comment
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
field; plain; prairie; moor
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
offender; criminal; culprit
back (of a chair); backrest
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
long ago; previous; of a former age
much-talked-about; recently popular; in vogue
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine
rice field; rice paddy; paddy field