death rate; mortality rate
infectious disease; infection
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery; confinement
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
person affected by a disease; sufferer
wet nurse; nursing mother
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
reigning; controlling; dictating
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
when it becomes; when it comes to
private parts; privates; genitalia; disgraceful thing; shame; embarrassment
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
concealment; suppression; hiding
kindness; intimacy; friendship
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
simply; merely; only; solely
complicity (in a crime); collusion
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
secret; private; surreptitious
genuine article; real thing; real deal
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
to be worried; to be troubled
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress