hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
to be expensive; to be costly
upper level; upper grade; high rank; advanced level; senior level; upper class
endlessly; ceaselessly; nonstop; incessantly
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
surroundings; environs; circumference
to hide; to keep to oneself
out of range; outside the limits (of ...); outside (a) range; outside the scope
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
sick person; patient; invalid
to take a turn for the better (of an illness, patient, etc.); to begin to improve; to begin to recover; to convalesce
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
infection; contagion; becoming infected; being infected (e.g. with harmful ideas); being influenced (by)
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
endemic disease; local disease
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
type of occupation; occupational category
undergoing treatment (medical); receiving treatment
return; relapse; recurrence
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
the same; the said; likewise
outbreak of an illness; onset of a condition; appearance of symptoms
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
be (that) as it may; having said that
to save; to leave over; to spare
entrails; giblets; tripe; offal
heart; guts; nerve; heart (of something); central part
trifling; trivial; slight
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression