perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); private matters; internal affairs; conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
beforehand; in advance; previously
only; merely; but; no more than
large hospital; major hospital
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
sincere; earnest; serious
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
enmity; antagonism; hostility
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
the positive and the negative
incompatible; (going together) like oil and water
unable to get along; unable to cooperate; unable to hit it off; not seeing eye to eye
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
quick-tempered; having little patience; impatient
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
considerably; greatly; a lot
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
medical director; chief physician
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age