to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
second-year student; biennial
all present; all concerned; all of us
agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
one's heart rate; pulse rate
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
suspension bridge; rope bridge
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
that's the way it is; such is life
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
there being no use in arguing (about it)
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses