lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
transfer student; student changing schools
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
just the other day; quite recently
closing a school (for the day); closing a school (permanently); shutting down a school
bell signalling that work, class, etc. will formally begin shortly; first bell; warning bell
(sports) ground; (playing) field; playground; stadium
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln; young girl; childlike young woman
to begin making a sound (ringing, singing, crying, etc.)
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
loudly (wailing, making a noise, etc.)
loss; waste (e.g. of time); feeling of loss; Los Angeles; L.A.
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
to lend an ear (to); to hear out; to listen to
Dodgers (e.g. Los Angeles Dodgers)
participation (in a tournament, match, race, etc.); entry; appearance (on the stage, television, etc.); exiting (a venue, train station, etc.); exit; being dispatched (of an ambulance, fire engine, etc.)
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
Mecca; Makkah; mecca; centre for some field or activity (center)
and then; and so; and; so then
schoolyard; school playground; school grounds; campus
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
foreign car; imported car; paddle wheel
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont
white person; Caucasian; (arch.) beginner; (arch.) amateur; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes