lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to be expensive; to be costly
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
single lens reflex camera
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
beyond that point; after that
to go straight to the point; to cut it short
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
publication of results; announcement of results
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
wonderful; splendid; magnificent