What does "struck" mean in "struck me as bizarre"?
2) What's "foster carer?
3) What does "discreet" mean in "There was a discreet brass nameplate"?
4) What does "drip" mean in "she'd brought her drip out with her, on wheels, so that she could destroy her health at the same time as taxpayers' money was being used to try and restore it"?