sickroom; hospital room; ward
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
intelligence or information network
to not take seriously; to take lightly
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
stairs; stairway; staircase
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
treating someone like a child
to make a pass at; to hit on; to call out to (in an attempt to seduce)
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
to get back together (with a former partner)
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
training (esp. in-service); induction course
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
surely; certainly; without doubt
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
cranial nerves; cerebral nerves
surgery; department of surgery (hospital, etc.)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice