strength training; resistance training; muscle-building
contrary to one's expectations
word; term; language; speech
prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect
being one or more laps behind (in a race); being behind the times
to have a hard time of it; to have a bitter experience
sportswear; sports clothes
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
muscular pain; myalgia; aching muscles; sore muscles
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
end; tip; extremities; rank and file; part of an organisation furthest from the centre
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
to pull down (clothing, etc.); to slide down
full view; total picture; whole story; full particulars; all the details
ice skating rink; ice rink
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air); to form an arc
sexual act; sexual intercourse
to become inverted; to become reversed
mask; disguise; guise; mask
offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding
to abandon; to throw away; to discard; to forsake
air-permeability; breathability
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
goosebumps; gooseflesh; goose pimples; rough skin; coarse skin
to begin to dissolve; to start melting; to dissolve into (a liquid)
red; red color; communist; socialist; left-wing
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what someone feels (using one's intuition)
suddenly; abruptly; slowly; without haste; calmly
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
hairline at the nape of the neck; nape