bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first
(medical) doctor; physician
hospitalization; hospitalisation
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
to make absolutely sure; to make doubly sure
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
third day of the month; three days
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
by myself; in person; by oneself
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance