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If a person is very sick you say he’s ________.

SERIOUSLY ILL	147
CRITICALLY ILL	128
CRITICAL	107
SERIOUS	107
BAD OFF	98
VERY ILL	62
ILL	35
REAL SICK	31
BAD SICK	30
VERY SICK	25
IN BAD SHAPE	24
DANGEROUSLY ILL	22
REALLY SICK	21
AWFUL SICK	18
SERIOUSLY SICK	17
BAD	15
DEATHLY SICK	15
BEDRIDDEN	14
LOW	14
SICK	14
ABOUT TO DIE	13
QUITE ILL	13
DEATHLY ILL	12
IN A BAD WAY	12
DESPERATELY ILL	11
BAD SHAPE	10
DOWN AND OUT	10
BEDFAST	9
DESPERATE	8
ON HIS LAST LEGS	8
SERIOUSLY	8
REAL BAD	7
CRITICALLY	6
EXTREMELY ILL	6
LOW SICK	6
REAL LOW	6
SICK ABED	6
VERY LOW	6
AT DEATH’S DOOR	5
CONFINED	5
HAD IT	5
LAID UP	5
PRETTY SICK	5
DYING	4
IN CRITICAL CONDITION	4
IN ROUGH SHAPE	4
ON THE CRITICAL LIST	4
SICK AS A HORSE	4
SICK ENOUGH TO DIE	4
VERY BAD	4
DANGEROUS	3
DANGEROUSLY SICK	3
GOING TO DIE	3
IN A CRITICAL CONDITION	3
IN SERIOUS CONDITION	3
IN THE HOSPITAL	3
KNOCKED OUT	3
ON HIS DEATHBED	3
ON THE DANGER LIST	3
PRETTY BAD	3
REAL ILL	3
REALLY ILL	3
SERIOUS CONDITION	3
SICK AS A DOG	3
TERMINAL	3
ABOUT HAD IT	2
AILING	2
ALL IN	2
AWFUL BAD	2
AWFULLY SICK	2
BED PATIENT	2
CONFINED TO BED	2
DESPERATELY SICK	2
FAILING	2
FLAT ON HIS BACK	2
GOOD AND SICK	2
HOPELESS	2
IN BAD CONDITION	2
IN BED	2
INCAPACITATED	2
LINGERING	2
NOT GOOD AT ALL	2
ON HIS LAST LEG	2
ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE	2
PRETTY BAD SHAPE	2
PRETTY POORLY	2
QUITE SICK	2
REALLY BAD	2
REALLY BAD SICK	2
REALLY DOWN	2
REALLY LAID UP	2
REALLY UNDER THE WEATHER	2
SERIOUS SICK	2
SEVERELY ILL	2
SICK IN BED	2
TERRIBLE SICK	2
TERRIBLY SICK	2
ABED	1
ABOUT DEAD	1
ABOUT DONE	1
ABOUT HALF-DEAD	1
ABOUT PEGGED OUT	1
ABOUT TO KICK THE BUCKET	1
ABOUT TO PASS	1
ACUTELY ILL	1
ALARMING	1
ALARMINGLY ILL	1
AT THE POINT OF DEATH	1
AWFUL ILL	1
BADLY OFF	1
CAN’T MAKE IT	1
CASH IN	1
CHRONIC	1
CLOBBERED	1
CLOSE TO DEATH’S DOOR	1
CRITICAL CONDITION	1
CRITICAL ILL	1
CRITICAL SICK	1
CRITICALLY SICK	1
CRUCIALLY ILL	1
DANGEROUS CONDITION	1
DANGEROUS ILL	1
DANGEROUSLY	1
DARN NEAR DEAD	1
DAYS ARE NUMBERED	1
DEATHLY	1
DELIRIOUS	1
DON’T BELIEVE HE’LL PULL THROUGH	1
DON’T KNOW ABOUT HIM	1
DON’T KNOW WHETHER HE’S GOING TO MAKE IT OR NOT	1
DOWN OUT	1
DOWNRIGHT SICK	1
DRYING UP	1
END OF HIS STRING	1
EVERY BREATH IS GOING TO BE HIS LAST ONE	1
FAILING VERY FAST	1
GOING TO JOIN THE ANGELS	1
GONE DOWN TO THE BOTTOM	1
GONE DUCK	1
HALF-DEAD	1
HAS THE LUCK OF A LOUSY HEIFER	1
HAVING A HARD TIME	1
HIS CONDITION IS BAD	1
HIS DAYS ARE NUMBERED	1
HOSPITALIZED	1
ILL BAD	1
ILL SICK	1
IN A BAD FIX	1
IN A PRETTY BAD WAY	1
IN A SERIOUS CONDITION	1
IN BED WITH A DOCTOR	1
IN DANGER	1
IN ISOLATION	1
IN POOR CONDITION	1
IN PRETTY TOUGH SHAPE	1
IN THE BED	1
JUST ABOUT ALIVE	1
JUST ABOUT HAD IT	1
JUST ABOUT PAST	1
JUST HAS ONE MORE SHIRT	1
JUST IS HERE	1
JUST LAYING THERE	1
JUST PLAIN SICK	1
KEELED UP	1
KNOCKED OFF HIS FEET	1
KNOCKING AT DEATH’S DOOR	1
LAST LEGS	1
LAYING SICK FOR A LONG TIME	1
LOOKS AWFUL BAD FOR HIM	1
LOOKS SICK ENOUGH TO DIE	1
LOOKS WORSE	1
MIGHT DIE	1
MIGHTY LOW	1
MISERABLE	1
MISERABLY SICK	1
MORIBUND	1
NEAR DEATH	1
NEAR HIS LAST	1
NEAR THE END	1
NEARLY GONE	1
NOT AT ALL WELL	1
NOT DOING VERY GOOD	1
NOT GOOD	1
NOT LONG FOR THIS WORLD	1
NOT MUCH CHANCE FOR HIM	1
OFF HIS FEET	1
ON BORROWED TIME	1
ON DEATH’S BED	1
ON HIS LAST FEET	1
ON HIS LAST PEGS	1
ON HIS WAY OUT STATE STREET	1
ON THE BED	1
ON THE D.I. LIST	1
OUT OF COMMISSION	1
OUT OF IT	1
OVER THE HILL	1
PLUGGED OUT	1
POORLY	1
PRETTY BAD OFF	1
PRETTY DOGGONE PUNY	1
PRETTY LOW	1
PRETTY LOW SICK	1
PRETTY SICK GUY	1
PRETTY SICK MAN	1
QUITE BAD	1
READY FOR DOCTOR JESUS	1
READY TO GO	1
REAL BAD OFF	1
REAL CRITICAL	1
REAL LOW SICK	1
REALLY BEEN HAD	1
REALLY BEEN TERRIBLE	1
REALLY CLOBBERED	1
REALLY DOWN AND OUT	1
REALLY DOWN SICK	1
REALLY GOT IT	1
REALLY HAD IT	1
REALLY HURTING	1
REALLY IN A BAD WAY	1
REALLY LAID OUT	1
REALLY LOW	1
REALLY NEEDS HELP	1
RIGHT DOWN IN BED	1
SICK AND CONFINED TO HIS BED	1
SICK AS HE CAN BE	1
SICK IN BED WITH THE DOCTOR	1
SICK TO DEATH	1
SICK UNTO DEATH	1
SICKER THAN A DOG	1
SUFFERING	1
SURE KNOCKED OUT	1
TERMINAL CASE	1
TERRIBLE SHAPE	1
TO THE POINT OF DEATH	1
UNDER A DOCTOR’S CARE	1
UNDER THE DOCTOR’S CARE	1
UNDER THE WEATHER	1
UNDERTAKER’S WAITING	1
VERRECK	1
VERY	1
VERY POOR	1
VERY POORLY	1
VERY REAL LOW	1
VERY SERIOUS	1
VERY SICKLY	1
VIOLENTLY ILL	1
VIOLENTLY SICK	1
WAY DOWN	1
WE DON’T EXPECT HIM TO LIVE	1
WON’T LIVE LONG	1
WORSE	1

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