opening ceremony (of the school term)
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
singing in unison; chanting in unison
graduation ceremony; commencement
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
to begrudge doing; to find bothersome
taking over (another's debt, work); shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
automatic; intransitive verb
player (of music, instrument, etc.)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble
individual; private person; personal; natural person
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
other side; opposite side; other party
bar; measure; short pause (in writing); petty principles; minor details
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish
execution; death by execution
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings