arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to; to attend
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
attending physician; doctor-in-charge; attending doctor; one's doctor
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
to talk; to chat; to chatter
anesthesiologist; anaesthesiologist; anesthetist; anaesthetist
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
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
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)
to push (something) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
lump; mass; tumor (tumour)
various places; several sources
squamous cell carcinoma; SCC
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
final word; voice of authority; authoritative pronouncement
in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should
receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red