rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
chilly; rather cold; somewhat cold
without delay; smoothly; without a hitch
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
point in common; common feature
to become hollow (with age, illness, etc.); to be scrawny; to be thin
to put on airs; to assume importance
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
accommodation facility (e.g. hotel); lodging facility; boarding house
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something
immune strength; immunity
bacterium; bacteria; germ
vaccination; inoculation; immunization; immunisation
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
new discovery; new invention
trainer aircraft; training plane; trainer
strike (i.e. industrial action)
vanishing behind the clouds (e.g. of the moon); vanishing; suddenly disappearing; going into hiding
to grant permission; to give permission
location of a press conference; press conference room
infection prevention; disease control
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
silent; quiet; solemn; softly; quietly; solemnly
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
apropos of nothing; to change the subject