ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to smile (at); to grin (at)
apropos of nothing; to change the subject
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
manner of using one's hands
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
as a child; when one was a child
to touch emotionally; to feel something; to strike home
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
karaoke box; club with individual rooms that can be rented with karaoke machines
flood of customers; roaring business
to move (house); to change residence
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
pupil; student; schoolchild
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
attendance (at school); going to school
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric
riding together; fellow passenger; joint partnership
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold