to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
in case of; at that time; at this time
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
sickroom; hospital room; ward
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
weekly publication; weekly magazine
gravure; photogravure; rotogravure; gravure picture
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
to find fault with; to question
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
practice; practising; experience
to chase; to run after; to pursue
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show