obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to make a fool of oneself; to whoop it up; to be on the spree
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
American film; American movie
boisterously; roughly; briskly
scene; sight; scenario; setting
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
way of reciting; way of telling a story
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
serious wound; serious injury
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
reopening; resumption; restarting
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
complete financial statement; summing up; concluding
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
sheltered upbringing; person who has had a sheltered upbringing; (lit.) hothouse upbringing
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
curiosity-seeking; bizarre (crime, etc.); grotesque; abnormal
mass killing; mass murder; bloodbath
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
bizarre murder; grotesque murder