Words used around here about a person just starting some sickness—for example, pneumonia: “He ________ pneumonia.”
| CAUGHT | 268 |
| CAME DOWN WITH | 187 |
| CONTRACTED | 134 |
| GOT | 101 |
| COME DOWN WITH | 97 |
| TOOK | 97 |
| DEVELOPED | 91 |
| CONTACTED | 39 |
| TOOK SICK WITH | 22 |
| TAKEN | 19 |
| HAS | 16 |
| IS COMING DOWN WITH | 16 |
| TOOK DOWN WITH | 14 |
| HAS TAKEN | 12 |
| WAS TAKEN SICK WITH | 12 |
| WENT INTO | 12 |
| IS GETTING | 10 |
| WAS TAKEN WITH | 10 |
| COMING DOWN WITH | 8 |
| WAS TAKEN DOWN WITH | 7 |
| PICKED UP | 6 |
| BEGUN | 5 |
| GETTING | 5 |
| HAD | 5 |
| IS TAKING | 5 |
| JUST CAME DOWN WITH | 5 |
| WAS THREATENED WITH | 5 |
| WENT DOWN WITH | 5 |
| IS ON THE VERGE OF | 4 |
| IS THREATENED WITH | 4 |
| STARTED | 4 |
| BECAME ILL WITH | 3 |
| CATCHING | 3 |
| COME DOWN WITH THE | 3 |
| GONE INTO | 3 |
| GOT SICK WITH | 3 |
| IS DEVELOPING | 3 |
| TAKE | 3 |
| THREATENED WITH | 3 |
| BEEN EXPOSED TO | 2 |
| CAME DOWN | 2 |
| COMING DOWN | 2 |
| COMMENCED | 2 |
| DEVELOPING | 2 |
| DOWN WITH | 2 |
| GOT A TOUCH OF | 2 |
| GOT DOWN WITH | 2 |
| HAS A TOUCH OF | 2 |
| HAS DEVELOPED | 2 |
| HAS GOT | 2 |
| HAS SYMPTOMS OF | 2 |
| IS DOWN WITH | 2 |
| IS ON THE VERGE | 2 |
| IS TAKEN | 2 |
| IS TAKEN DOWN WITH | 2 |
| ON THE VERGE OF | 2 |
| PNEUMONIA SET IN | 2 |
| STARTED WITH | 2 |
| SUCCUMBED TO | 2 |
| TAKING | 2 |
| TOOK A COLD | 2 |
| TOOK THE | 2 |
| WAS JUST TAKEN WITH | 2 |
| WAS STRICKEN WITH | 2 |
| ABOUT TO GET | 1 |
| ACQUIRED | 1 |
| BREEDING | 1 |
| BROKE OUT WITH | 1 |
| CAME UP WITH | 1 |
| CATCH A COLD | 1 |
| CAUGHT THE | 1 |
| COME DOWN SICK WITH | 1 |
| COME ONTO ME | 1 |
| COMING ON WITH | 1 |
| CONJURING A DISEASE | 1 |
| CONTENDING WITH | 1 |
| GETS | 1 |
| GOT BAD OFF WITH | 1 |
| GOT SICK FROM | 1 |
| GOT THE | 1 |
| HAD A TOUCH OF | 1 |
| HAD AN ATTACK OF | 1 |
| HAS A BOUT OF | 1 |
| HAS BEEN TAKEN WITH | 1 |
| HAS GONE INTO | 1 |
| HAS GOT A TOUCH OF | 1 |
| HAS JUST A SLIGHT CASE | 1 |
| HAS JUST COME DOWN WITH | 1 |
| HAS JUST CONTACTED | 1 |
| HAS JUST TAKEN | 1 |
| HAS TAKEN THE | 1 |
| HAS THE SYMPTOMS OF | 1 |
| INFECTED WITH | 1 |
| IS A SICK CHICKEN | 1 |
| IS BORDERING ON | 1 |
| IS CATCHING | 1 |
| IS COMING DOWN | 1 |
| IS COMING ON | 1 |
| IS FIGHTING | 1 |
| IS IN FOR IT | 1 |
| IS IN THE FIRST THROES | 1 |
| IS JUST ABOUT DOWN WITH | 1 |
| IS JUST COMING DOWN | 1 |
| IS JUST COMING DOWN WITH | 1 |
| IS JUST STARTING TO GET | 1 |
| IS SETTING UP | 1 |
| IS TAKEN WITH | 1 |
| IS TOOK DOWN WITH | 1 |
| IS TOOK WITH | 1 |
| IS WORKING ON | 1 |
| IT MIGHT DEVELOP INTO | 1 |
| IT’S RUNNING INTO | 1 |
| JUST CAME DOWN | 1 |
| JUST COMING DOWN WITH | 1 |
| JUST CONTRACTED | 1 |
| JUST DEVELOPED | 1 |
| JUST ENCOUNTERED | 1 |
| JUST GETTING | 1 |
| JUST ON THE VERGE | 1 |
| JUST SET IN | 1 |
| JUST TAKEN DOWN WITH | 1 |
| JUST TOOK | 1 |
| JUST TOOK SICK WITH | 1 |
| KETCHED | 1 |
| ON THE VERGE | 1 |
| SET UP | 1 |
| SHOWED SIGNS OF | 1 |
| SHOWS SIGNS OF | 1 |
| STRICKEN | 1 |
| STRICKEN WITH | 1 |
| SUCCUMBED | 1 |
| TAKE SICK | 1 |
| TAKED | 1 |
| TAKEN DOWN WITH | 1 |
| TAKEN ILL WITH | 1 |
| TAKEN SICK | 1 |
| TAKEN SUDDEN WITH | 1 |
| TAKEN TO BED WITH | 1 |
| TOOK DOWN | 1 |
| TOOK ON | 1 |
| TOOK SICK | 1 |
| TOOK TO HIS BED WITH | 1 |
| TOOK WITH | 1 |
| TOOK WORSE ON TUESDAY | 1 |
| TURNED UP WITH | 1 |
| UNDER THE WEATHER | 1 |
| WAS CONFINED TO QUARTERS WITH | 1 |
| WAS DOWN WITH | 1 |
| WAS JUST STRICKEN WITH | 1 |
| WAS STRUCK WITH | 1 |
| WAS TAKEN | 1 |
| WAS TOOK DOWN WITH | 1 |
| WENT DOWN SICK WITH | 1 |
| WENT INTO PNEUMONIA | 1 |
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