to be a matter of life or death
sickroom; hospital room; ward
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
decisive moment; turning point; critical moment; win-or-bust situation
fetus; foetus; embryo; unborn child
lump of meat; piece of flesh; human body
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
patient's condition; pathology
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
practice; practising; training; study
capacity; volume; capacitance
to be set up (completely); to be put together; to be composed (e.g. type)
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
reading aloud; recitation
character leitmotif; character theme song
to shine a spotlight on; to highlight; to bring attention to
complete financial statement; summing up; concluding
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
national holiday; public holiday
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
to become settled; to be fixed
speaking of ...; as for ...
all but dead; half killed
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
date(s) (e.g. for exhibition)
accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission
opening (the doors to an event, etc.); inauguration
tune (melody, piece of music)
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation
to do everything in one's power; to do all one can; to leave nothing undone; to exhaust one's resources
going out (before burning completely); dying out; fizzling out (e.g. of a plan); falling through; coming to nothing
visitor; attendee; spectator; guest; audience
famous scene (e.g. in a movie or play)
inside story; the real story (behind something); story not generally known