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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