hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
what's what; heads or tails
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
to rip up (a seam); to burst; to tear; to break out (e.g. into a smile)
sickroom; hospital room; ward
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
at first; initially; in the beginning
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
family; members of a family
to exchange (things); to convert (currency); to be in contrast (to); to contrast (with)
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
knapsack; rucksack; backpack
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
(medical) doctor; physician
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
to thrust before; to thrust at
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
(organ) rejection; unthinking dismissal; strong reaction (against)
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
forgetting; lapse of memory
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
no, not like that (but like this)
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection