majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
surgery; department of surgery (hospital, etc.)
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
overtime; outside of hours (school, office, surgery, etc.)
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
opening a business; opening a practice
assistant professor; associate professor
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
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
consideration; taking into account
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
(period of) a year; during an era
clinical (e.g. pathology, physiology)
training (esp. in-service); induction course