postoperative; after surgery
control; management (e.g. of a business)
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
(medical) doctor; physician
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
to be at a loss for words; to be speechless; to be dumbfounded; to be struck dumb
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
knight on a white horse; Prince Charming
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
serious look (on one's face); straight face
to press a question; to cross-examine
feeling of emptiness in the stomach; sensation of hunger
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
happening; (unexpected) incident; unforeseen event; surprising occurrence
(another's) daughter; young lady
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
greeting; a fine thing to say
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse