sick person; patient; invalid
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
(medical) doctor; physician
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
medical care; medical treatment
level; standard; water level
diagnosis; medical examination
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
observation; survey; watching
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
physical condition; state of health
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
to swell; to become swollen; to become puffy (e.g. face from lack of sleep); to become bloated (esp. from fluid retention)
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
every year; yearly; annually
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
accelerated; accelerating; gathering speed
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
performance of one's official duties