hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
(period of) a year; during an era
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
prognostic symptoms; after-effect
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
human relations; personal relationships
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
one's relatives by blood and marriage (in blood and law); one's kith and kin
to lose contact with (someone); to stop communication with; to go missing; to disappear
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
information; news; report; reward; retribution
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
reinstatement; reappointment
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
cripple; disabled person; invalid
dissuasion (from resigning, leaving, etc.); persuading (to stay)
ashes (of the deceased); remains from cremation
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
incident; affair; happening; event
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
untraceable; long lost; one's whereabouts being unknown
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
plainly; clearly; vividly
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned