to happen to meet; to come across
illegitimate child; secret love child
substantial matter; significant item
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
water breaking (during pregnancy)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to become pale; to turn pale
company; corporation; workplace
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
health management; health maintenance; health care
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
thick makeup; heavy makeup
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to bedaub (with paint); to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
woman; female; feminine gender
pregnancy; conception; gestation
relation; connection; relevance
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
like this; this sort; this way
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
research establishment; research institute; laboratory