1. surgery: treatment of injuries or diseases by cutting or removing parts of the body
　Examples:
　　Major surgery was needed to save the crash victim's life.
　　“Surgery will be necessary, Nurse, prepare the instruments please.”

2. bring out: cause to develop, cause to be seen
　Examples:
　　Difficulties can bring out a person's best qualities.
　　These dreadful circumstances bring out the worst in everybody.

3. reflection: being a sign of
　Examples:
　　Their behavior was a reflection of their very different personalities.
　　A high crime rate is a reflection of an unstable society.

4. in return (for): as repayment (for)
　Examples:
　　They have nothing to give in return.
　　What can I do in return for your kindness?

5. take up: occupy (space, time, etc.) entirely and exclusively
　Examples:
　　The bed takes up too much space in the small room.
　　Gathering evidence took up a full week's time.

6. work at/on: give one's attention to doing or trying to do
　Examples:
　　You will never become good at tennis, unless you work at it.
　　She is working on a new novel.

7. go into: enter a profession, state of life, etc.
　Examples:
　　Have you ever thought of going into journalism?
　　He went into advertising four years ago.

8. pursue: make continual efforts to gain (something)
　Examples:
　　She pursued the goal of perfection in her art.
　　The development of industry must not be pursued at the expense of environmental pollution.

9. fulfill: carry out; make true
　Examples:
　　A nurse has many duties to fulfill in caring for the sick.
　　If he is lazy, he'll never fulfill his ambition of being a doctor.

10. turn out: happen to be in the end; prove to be
　Examples:
　　His statement turned out to be false.
　　It turned out nice and sunny again.

11. bring up: educate; rear
　Examples:
　　If children are badly brought up they behave badly.
　　Fathers are beginning to play a bigger role in bringing up their children.

12. complain about/of: say that one is not satisfied, that something is wrong, that one is suffering
　Examples:
　　Mary is always complaining about something. Why can't she be more pleasant?
　　Women complain of pressure on them to get jobs.

13. instill (in/into): put (ideas, feelings, etc.) into someone's mind by continuing effort
　Examples:
　　I instilled the need for good manners into all my children.
　　A good teacher can instill the desire to learn in young people.

14. circumstances: conditions, facts, etc. connected with an event or a person
　Examples:
　　We cannot expect him to continue these activities under such unfavorable circumstances.
　　Because of circumstances beyond our control the meeting was cancelled.

15. survive: remain alive or continue to live after diseases or disasters
　Examples:
　　The baby was born with a heart problem and only survived for a few hours.
　　It is a miracle that John survived the air crash while all the others were dead.