opening ceremony (of the school term)
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
every person; each one; everybody
to gather; to collect; to assemble
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; point of view; viewpoint
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
transactions; dealings; business
stock; products; stolen goods; loot; spoils
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
being irresistible; being furiously vigorous; being intensely forceful
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
trembling from fear; trembling all over
sunlight; rays of the Sun
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
chief; main; principal; important
completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
invitation; introduction; temptation
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
opening; gap; dried and opened fish