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to deliver dryly |
to inform someone in a monotone, uninterested manner |
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timidly |
to do something in a shy and nervous way, without confidence |
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Geez! |
Slang form of "Jesus Christ!" that we say when we are surprised |
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Give me a break! |
Don't be so harsh to me! That is enough! |
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a discharge |
liquid matter that comes from the body, often due to an infection |
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bloated |
feeling swollen because of too much air or food |
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cramps |
sharp pains in the lower stomach, Folk has cramps. |
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out of the blue |
unexpected, sudden |
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tricky |
difficult to manage, hard to handle |
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prosthetic |
an artificial body part that replaces a missing part |
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to reveal |
to make known, to show |
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off-the-wall |
unusual, random |
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CA 125 |
A cancer antigen that is elevated in the blood of people with certain cancers |
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inscrutable |
Not showing emotions, therefore hard to understand |
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abhorrent |
morally very bad |
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glory |
something of great beauty that gives you pleasure to look at it |
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intubation |
to inject drugs into the body through a tube |
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authorize |
to allow, to permit |
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to fudge |
to be dishonest, to cheat |
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ecstasy |
A state of extreme happiness, feeling great pleasure |
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effeminate |
behaving like, looking like, or sounding like a woman |
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empathy |
the ability to share someone else's feelings or experiences by imagining what it would be like to be in that person's situation |
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stock-in-trade |
typical characteristic or behavior of someone |
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benign |
harmless, non-cancerous |
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Pathology |
The study of diseases |