to alleviate the pain	to reduce the amount of pain
to contract a disease	to catch a disease
to give blood	to voluntarily have blood taken from you
to make a recovery	to recover, to get better
to nurse sb back to health	to help sb get better
to perform an operation	to operate on sb
to reduce the swelling	do sth that will return the swollen part of your body back to normal size
to regain consciousness	to wake up having previously fainted
to respond to treatment	to get better as a result of taking particular medicine
to take effect	to start to work
to treat an illness	to try and cure an illness
to undergo surgery	to have a surgeon operate on you
to be admitted to hospital	to be taken into hospital
to be allergic to sth	your body reacts to sth in a negative way
to be on antibiotics	to be taking antibiotic medicine
a cure for a disease	sth that will get rid of an illness or a disease
to die of sth	when a particular illness or disease kills sb
to be discharged from hospital	to be allowed to leave hospital
to be in intensive care	to be in a hospital ward where people who are very ill are treated and looked after
to be on the mend	to be getting better
to operate on sb	to treat sb by cutting open part of their body and removing or reparing sth
to get medicine on prescription	you must have a prescription to obtain it
to be rushed to/into hospital	to be taken to hospital very quickly
to be in good shape	to be fit and healthy
to be under a lot of stress	to be unable to relax because you are worrying a lot
to suffer from sth	to have a particular disease or illness
to be suspectible to sth	to be the kind of person who easily catches a disease or illness
to hang by a thread	when sb is very ill and likely to die
to take its toll	to have a bad effect on
to clear up	if a rash or a cold clears up, it goes away
to come out in a rash/spots	when a rash or spots start covering part or all of your body
to come out of a coma	to wake up from a coma
to come round/ come to	to regain consciousness after you have fainted
to go down with sth	to become ill with sth
to pass out	to faint
to pull through	to survive and recover from a serious illness
to put sb on sth	when a doctor puts you on a particular medicine you have to take it
to put you back out	to hurt your back
to shake sth off	to get rid of sth
to take a tooth out	to remove a tooth
to wear off	to stop having an effect
a blinding/splitting/thumping headache	a very bad hedache
a bug	an illness wchich is easily caught but which is not serious
to feel as right as rain	to feel 100% well after having previously felt ill
a highly infectious disease	a disease wchich is very easily passed from one person to another
to have/suffer a nervous disease	to become extremely depressed and unable to cope
to have (got) a poor eyesight	not to be able to see very well
a runny nose	when you have a cold and your nose is producing a lot of liquid
to be seriously-ill	to be very ill and probably in hospital as a result
shooting pains	sudden sharp pains which do not last for a long time but which do repeat themselves
a sore throat	when your throat hurts so that you find it difficult to swallow and sometimes even to speak
a stinking cold	a very bad cold
to have a touch of flu	to have some of the symptoms of flu but not be so ill that you have to go to bed
to feel a bit under the weather/ of-colour	to feel slightly ill
to have an upset stomach/ to have a stomach upset	not to be able to keep anything in your stomach
to double-cross	to cheat sb you have just commited crime with
to rig	to illegally arrange the result of an election
to swindle	to get money from sb by deceiving them
to carve	to cut meat into slices
to mow	to cut grass
to slash	to cut sth violently, with a knife
to trim	to make sth neat by cutting away untidy pieces
to plummet	to fall dramatically
to plunge	to fall dramatically for prices and temperatures
to slump	to suddenly or dramatically fall
to die down	to become less intense (without necessarily disappearing)
to fizzle out	to end and dissapear in a weak an dissapointing way
to peter out	to gradually disappear and come to an end
to wear off	to stop having an effect
to bug	to put very small listening devices somewhere as to listen to conversation
to eavesdrop	to intentionally listen to the private conversations of other people
to overhear	to unintentionally hear sb talking to sb else
to tap	to put a very small listening device on so as to listen to telephone conversation
to dig up	to find sth which has remained hidden for a long time
to stumble on	to find by chance
to shadow/ to tail	to follow and watch sb closely
to stalk	to follow and try to get near a person or animal in order to attack them
to banish	to send sb outof their native country as a punishment for sth they have done
to evacuate	to have to/ to force sb to leave a building or area because it is dangerous
to evict	to force sb to leave the flat or house they live in because they have broken a law or the contract
to expel	to dismiss sb from school permanently because they have done sth very bad
to climb	to steadlily increase
to rocket	to increase dramatically
to soar	to increase dramatically for temperatures and prices
to curb	to do sth to stop sth bad from continuing
to hamper	to make movement or progress difficult
to hinder	to prevent or delay progress
to chuck	to throw
to fling	to throw sth somewhere or sb with great force
to hurl	to throw sth violently and with great force, often because you are angry
to pelt	to throw sth at sb and hit them with it
to comb	to search a place thoroughly or look at information carefully
to fish around in	to look for sth using your hands and not your eyes
to scour	to make a thorough search of a place or sth
to sift through	to examine sth thoroughly
to apologise profusely	to apologise a lot
to be bitterly disappointed	to be very disappointed
to borrow heavily	to borrow a great deal of money
to be deadly serious	to be very serious
to be deeply divided	not to be united, in strong disagreement
to deeply regret	to regret very much
to desperately need	to need very much
to be excruciatingly painful	to be extremely pauinful
to fail miserably	to fail totally
to freely admit	to be willing to admit
to be fully booked/ booked solid	used to describe a theatre, restaurants etc where all the seats rooms are occuped
to be highly thought of	to be greatly admired and respected
to be hysterically funny	to be extremely funny
sth is long overdue	sth should have happened a long time ago
to be painfully thin	to be extremely thin
to be patently obvious	to be clearly obvious
to be perfectly willing to do sth	to be happy to do sth
to be prohibitively expensive	to be too expensive for most people to afford
sth is readily available	sth can be easily bought or obtained
to richly deserve	to very much deserve
to be scrupulously honest	to be very honest
to be sorely tempted to do sth	to really feel like doing sth even if you know doing it is wrong, stupidor unnecessary
to be sparsely populated	when very few people live in an region or area
to be spotlessly clean	to be very clean
to be stunningly beautiful	to be extremely beautiful
vastly improved	much better
to be vastly overrated	when people have s higher opinion than it is worth
very nearly	very close to happening
to be well aware of	to know very well
to abide by sth	to accept and obey sth (law/rules)
to be absorbed in sth	to be very interested in sth
to account for sth	to explain
in the aftermath of sth	in the period of time following a disaster, tragedy or a war
aside from sth/sb	except for/ apart from
an asset to sth	very valuable to sth
a ban on sth/doing sth	an official prohibition
to be barred from somewhere	to be prevented from entering a place
be based on sth	if one thing is based on another, the former is developed from/ is founded in the latter
to bombard sb with questions	to ask sb a lot of questions
to brag about sth	to proudly talk about sth in such way that other people finds it annoying
a cater for	to provide that sb needs or wants
to collide with sth/sb	to crash into
to comment on sth/sb	to give an opinion anout sth/sb
to comply with sth	to do what you have to do
to confide in sth	to tell sb sth which is private or personal
to cope with sth	to deal with a difficult situation or problem
to be credited with sth	to be considered responsible for sth good/important
to be cruel to sb/sth	to do/say sth that hurts a person/animal
a cutback in sth	a reduction in the numbers of sth or the amount of money spent on sth
a breakdown	a failure or ending of sth
a break-in	a burglary
a breakthrough	an improtant new discovery
to make/stage a comeback	to become popular or important again, having been unpopular for some time
a cover-up	an attempt by a government or large organisation to stop the public from finding out the truth about
a downfall	a fall from a position of power
a drawback	a disadvantage
to make a getaway	to escape after commiting a crime
to hold up	a delay/ an armed robbery
an income	the amount of money that sb earns
the layout	the arrangement of pictures and/or writing on a page or letter
a let-down	a reduction or pause in sth
a mix-up	a mistake that causes confusion
an outbreak	the sudden start of a war or a disease
an outcome	the final result
from/at the outset	from/at the beginning
a pile-up	an accident involving a lot of cars
a steback	sth that delays progress/upsets sb's plans
a takeaway	a meal prepared in a restaurant and wchich you take home
a turnout	the number of people who go to a meeting or vote in an election
a write-up	a review written in a newspaper or magazine