Pharmaceutical,фамасютікел relating to the production of medicines:

addling,o make someone feel confused and unable to think

clearly

midwife,a person, usually a woman, who is trained to help

women when they are giving birth

spiky,covered with spikes or having that appearance:

general practitioner,doctor who is also qualified in general

medical practice.

seedy,looking dirty or in bad condition and likely to be involved

in dishonest or illegal activities:

finals, the deciding part or parts of a sports or other competitioт

еhe last examination series in an academic or professional course

shriveled,шрівелд dry, smaller than normal, and covered with lines as

if by crushing or folding:
dignity, calm, serious, and controlled behaviour that makes
people respect you:

house surgeon,a surgeon who works for a hospital and, when on

duty, is available there

casualty-room, part of a hospital where people who are hurt in

accidents or suddenly become ill are taken for urgent treatment

hernia,хенія a medical condition in which an organ pushes through the

muscle which surrounds it
dressing station,a place for giving emergency treatment to troops
injured in battle.

subaltern, сабелтен an army officer whose rank is lower than captain

regiment, реджімент a large group of soldiers, or (more generally) any

large number of things or people
boils, a painful, pus-filled bump under your skin the result of a
bacterial infection of one or more hair follicles.

wail, вейл to make a long, high cry, usually because of pain or sadness

ward, вод one of the parts or large rooms into which a hospital is
divided, usually with beds for patients:

sternly, стенлі in a way that shows disapproval

treatment card, n dentistry a specially formatted card or file

summarizing a patient's dental care

to ram, to hit or push something with force

ignominious,ігномініес (especially of events or behaviour)

embarrassing because of being a complete failure:
a surgical Chair,

genial,джініел friendly and pleasant:

off-hand, not friendly, and showing little interest in other people

in a way that seems slightly rude

a night duty, ork that people have to do at night, for example in a

hospital

admission room, прийомне відділення

abdominal pain, frequently caused by a problem in the digestive
tract

out-patients‘ department, who receives treatment at a hospital

but does not spend the

to broach, броуч to begin a discussion of something difficult:

a trickle, a very small number of people or things arriving or

leaving somewhere:

nut,the dry fruit of particular trees that grows in a hard shell and
can often be eaten:

loony, луні silly or stupid:

testimonial, тестимоніал a statement about the character or qualities

of someone or something

convalescent. конвелесонт someone who is getting better after a

serious illness or injury
Learn the word-combinations; recall the situations they were
used in.
At large-generally:

Soon I had nothing left but a few _Students' Aid_ handbooks,

_What to do in Cases of Poisoning,_ and _A Table of Food
Values,_ which together would hardly have risen to tea and
sandwiches. I therefore set out to my next interview, at a large
hospital in Northumberland, determined to win the job. I
stood in the waiting-room staring out of the window, trying
to forget the other candidates; I marched into the committee
room, clasped my hands under the table, and answered all the
questions like an efficient policeman in court
to get one‘s own back on,-to do something unpleasant to someone
because they have done something unpleasant to you

поквитаться с кем-либо

They were awarded by the hospital consultants sitting in

committee, and represented their last chance of getting their
own back on students they disliked. Youths who had sat on
the front bench at lectures and asked intelligent questions to
which they already knew the answers were turned down; so
were earnest young men in open necks and sandals who
passed round the _New Statesman_ and held intense little
meetings in corners of the common room on _The Conscience
of the Doctor in a Capitalist Society.
to vote against, not support someone or something with your
vote.

Another advantage to an applicant like myself was the

consultants' habit of always voting against the favourites of
colleagues they disliked. A surgeon with the overwhelming
personality of Sir Lancelot Spratt had condemned several
dozen promising physicians to start their careers in provincial
hospitals because the Professor of Medicine had once refused
to let him park his Rolls in the shade of the medical
laboratory.
get along,
Naturally,' he replied without hesitation. 'Patients do not
appreciate what they do not pay for. That is surely recognized
as one of the evils of the National Health Service? Now I
really think you should be getting along, Doctor-your surgery
is well over a mile, away, and it is bad for the practice to
arrive late.'
to stick one‘s nose in, to get involved in or want information
about (something that does not concern one

Being qualified and all that. I mean, now we can get on with
things properly. I've got a couple of septic fingers, a lipoma,
and four circs. lined up for minor ops. already.' He rubbed his
hands, as if contemplating a good dinner. 'The Prof. stuck his
nose in and said I was pretty quick off the mark. By the way,
old chap, he asked why you weren't there.'
to be quick off the mark,to act or react to an event or a situation

The Prof. stuck his nose in and said I was pretty quick off the
mark. By the way, old chap, he asked why you weren't there.'
to win promotion,

This was a bad start. Before I could seriously begin my career

I would have to win promotion to senior house surgeon and
work in the wards themselves under the Professor of Surgery.
The appointment would be made after we had finished three
months' work in casualty-and
to nose around,look around a place that belongs to someone else,
to see if you can find something interesting
Yes, and no. I have it on good authority she's left and a terrific
packet in her will. Think of it, old lad! Thousands of quids in
the kitty, tax-free just like the football pools! And that's where
you come in. I thought we might go off for a nose round the
Bahamas or somewhere, and set up a little clinic for tired
newspaper owners, film stars, and so forth.

to cross the threshold, to pass from one stage or level to another

No really, old chap, but I told the Prof. I was working for
Fellowship already and he said I could nose, round as much
as I liked. I expect it'll be all right for you to come too, as long
as you're with me.'
I began to hate Bingham before we first crossed the threshold
of our common work-place.
to dispose of, to get rid of something, especially by throwing it
away

избавляться от чего-либо

My job was simple. I handed one of these forms to any patient

who I felt 'was beyond my own professional ability and
thankfully disposed of him for ever into some inner
department of the hospital. As my only post-graduate
guidance from St Swithin's was a leaflet on what to do in case
of fire and another describing
to report smb to smb, to go to someone or a place and say that
you have arrived

заявлять о прибытии кому-либо/где-либо

'I'll report you to the Prof.,' Bingham hissed, and swept out.
to jump the queue,to move in front of people who have been
waiting longer for something than you

проходить вне очереди

'So is everybody else. So am I, if it comes to that. Now get

back to the last bench.'
'Perhaps I should explain-'
'I'm not in the slightest interested. If you don't jump to it I'll
get you shifted by one of the policemen
to sneak up, to approach someone quietly and surprise that
person:

Yes, I saw you,' I went on sternly. 'Thought you were being

clever, didn't you? Sneaking up the side like that. You ought
to be ashamed of yourself. You won't bleed to death with that
little cut, and there's plenty of people in the room more
seriously injured than you. Where's your treatment card,
anyway?'
to brood on,to think for a long time about things that make you
sad, worried, or angry

I was not left much time to brood on him, for either the
drivers and pedestrians of London were becoming more
careless or I was becoming less efficient: the patients in the
casualty-room never thinned until supper-time, and I often
had to go without my lunch as well.
to take over one‘s work, to start doing a job or being responsible
for something that another person did or had responsibility for
before

to talk shop,to talk about your job with those you work with
when not at work

Bingham and I lived on the top floor of the Resident Medical

Staff Quarters at St Swithin's, a tall, gloomy building
containing a couple of dozen bleak bed-sitters and a dining-
room enlivened by a battered piano and a picture of Sir
William Osler gazing at us chidingly down his sad
moustaches. On the table was a collecting-box in which
anyone talking shop at supper had to drop half a crown; this
was labelled FUND FOR THE BLIND, and underneath in
smaller letters _And What a Blind!_ Every six months, when
half the house surgeons left, this box was broached.
to have a soft spot for, you feel a great deal of affection for them
or like them a lot.

'Oh, it's nothing. Just part of the service.'

'No, honest I am, Doctor. Real pleased. Mind you, I've got a
soft spot for doctors. Especially young doctors trying to get
on in the world like you.'
'That's very kind of you.'
'As a matter of fact, Doctor,' he said more cheerfully, 'I'd like
to meet you again when all this is over. Socially, you know.'
hard cheese an unpleasant, difficult, or adverse situation:

I met Bingham in the lift.

'Hello, old chap.' He grinned. 'Sorry you didn't get the senior
H.S. job and all that.'
'Yes, I'm sorry, too.'
'You had hard cheese rather, old chap, didn't you? About that
loony, I mean. You ought to have had him X-rayed before
calling the Prof. Or asked "patient's occupation" as your first
question. I'd have done.'