I'm not sure I'm cut out to be a doctor.
*I don't know whether I'm created to be a doctor.
cut out: to have the talent for sth. or to be born to be sth
You have a great bedside manner.
*You treat your patient nice.
He just blurted it out.
*He just said it without thinking first.
Diagnosis: the conclusion about medical problem
Prognosis: opinions about how your health will change in the future
-gonosis: the opinions of a doctor
He didn't even try to soften the news.
*He didn't even make an attempt to tell a white lie about the news.
Soften: to make something less unpleasant and more acceptable
idiom: soften the blow
comfort and reassure there are used in similar meaning.
if you comfort or reassure others, they will feel better and more confident.
It didn't seem to faze him that the patient was very upset and close to hysterics.
*It didn't seem to bother him that the patient was very unhappy and almost going crazy.
I'll try to remember to be more compassionate with my patients.
*I'll try to keep in mind that I have to be more sympathetic toward my patients.
Compassionate: caring, kind and nice.
It's against your nature to be anything but considerate.
*It's opposite to your nature to be mean.
because there are two negative words, the adjective finally turns back into the original meaning.
in other words, so I could say " your nature is to be considerate." But if I said that, it's less emphasis on the description.
Nice note, Johnny.
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