preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
highly unpredictable; touch and go
aorta; important traffic route
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
technician; skilled technical practitioner
electrocardiograph; ECG; EKG
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down); count (of radioactivity)
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to start (something); to start up; to launch (a business); to boot (a computer); to launch (a program)
failure; mistake; blunder
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
urinary bladder; urinary cyst; vesica urinaria; bladder
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
all present; all concerned; all of us
tweezers (esp. in a medical or laboratory setting); forceps
absorption; suction; aspiration; attraction; draw
clip (paper, surgical, etc.); hairpin; hair slide; curler
stopping of bleeding; stanching; hemostasis; haemostasis
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
interruption; suspension; break
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
dealing with; coping with
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
danger; peril; hazard; risk
anesthesiologist; anaesthesiologist; anesthetist; anaesthetist
reinforced concrete; remote control
type A (blood, influenza, hepatitis, etc.)
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding