to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
emission; release; radiation; release (of goods, a player from a team, etc.)
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
consecutive defeats; series of defeats
main cause; primary factor
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to grow up; to become an adult
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to make the most of the present; to live for the moment; to seize the day
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
eat shit!; fuck off!; fuck you!
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
dilatorily; sluggishly; to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
to become a little hungry; to become a bit peckish
helper; assistant; help; assistance
matter of time; question of time
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
to fertilize; to fertilise; to manure; to enrich
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
to have no chance (of succeeding)
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
with repeated sharp blows; whack after whack; strictly; harshly; vigorously; singlemindedly