physical examination; medical examination; health checkup; health screening
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement
space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings
planning; project; plan; design
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
faking crying; crocodile tears
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
traveling expenses; travelling expenses; carfare
a little more than usual; bribe money added to a regular fee; and then some
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
simple is best; less is more
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to whine; to make feeble complaints
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
exclusive; attached to; specialist
trainer (someone who works with sports athletes); sweatshirt
traditional Chinese medicine
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")