sharp increase; sudden rise
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
blue (colour, color); sad; down (in the dumps)
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
simultaneous; all at once
physical examination; medical examination; health checkup; health screening
being carried out; being put into practice; in operation
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
nausea; sickness in the stomach
shuttlecock; shuttle service (e.g. bus); shuttle (weaving); space shuttle
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
the other day; lately; recently
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
side effect; adverse reaction
to be needed; to be wanted
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
prescription; formulation; formula; recipe
difficult to ...; hard to ...