cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
treatment strategy; method of treatment; therapeutic approach
anticancer drug; anticancer agent
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
babies born on October 10, supposedly conceived on New Year's Day; normal gestation time (i.e. 9 months)
how much; how many; what amount; what extent
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
wash basin; wash bowl (incl. portable bowl in a public bath)
to vomit; to throw up; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
separate; scattered; apart
to fall ill; to be taken ill
to lie down; to throw oneself down
one's heart rate; pulse rate
no need to guess; certainly
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
garbage can; rubbish bin; trash can; dustbin
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
to give birth to; to have a stomachache
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
reopening; resumption; restarting
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
to jar; to creak; to grate