Tada no kaze ka to omotte-itara, haien ni natte-ita no yo. (I thought it was just a cold, but she'd caught pneumonia.)
Situation 1: Mrs. Okubo and one of her friends, Mrs. Ishii, are chatting about Mrs. Ishii's mother.
大久保: お母さん、入院したんですって?
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