misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
homeless; homeless person
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
defacement; abrasion; wear and tear; crushing of a nerve
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
sticky; stiff; tenacious; persistent
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
doctor's office; medical office; sickbay
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
death by suffocation; death by choking
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
archery; mapping; map; morphism
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
joints; points (of a speech)
red; red color (colour); red-colored; red; communism; the left
wounded person; injured person
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
transcription; copying; handwriting (as a school subject); penmanship
some people; a few people; several people
hard problem; person hard to please; hard nut to crack
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
doing things at one's own pace (e.g. slower than others); doing things one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)
letters-to-the-editor column; readers' section; space for correspondence, messages, etc.
another's parent; another's parents
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to be perturbed; to be agitated
printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; block style; standard style
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
easy to read; legible; clear
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
to melt (steel, etc.); to liquefy; to soften; to melt (one's heart); to disarm