to ascertain; to check; to make sure
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
self-consciousness; self-awareness
stepping back; drawing back
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape; sexual assault
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
to state; to express; to mention
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
tattling; telling on (someone)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
defense; defence; guard; policing; security