scale; scope; plan; structure
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
grasp; catch; understanding
student (esp. a university student)
marking; grading; scoring
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
black rain; heavily polluted, radioactive rain sometimes following an atmospheric nuclear explosion (esp. that of Hiroshima)
to be choppy (of waves); to be rough; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to beat fast (of a heart); to be in turmoil; to be in discord
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets
huge; enormous; great big
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
fuel bunker; fuel store; oil bunker
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
rapid-fire gun or cannon; talking rapidly; barrage of words or questions
to pound away; to hit at random; to hit ceaselessly
messenger; envoy; emissary
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
sideslip; skid; shifting to another post (at the same level); sideways move (at a company); sliding sideways down a slope (skiing)
ability; performance; efficiency
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly