illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
the same generation; coeval
to become pale; to turn pale
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
attending physician; physician in charge; (one's) family doctor
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
really; truly; indeed; good grief
sign; indication; omen; symptom
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
universal medicine; cure-all; panacea
pathogenic bacteria; germ; pathogen
prompt efficiency; immediate effectivity
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
sales; selling; marketing
but; however; provided that
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
condition; state (of health); appearance
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)