here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to be discouraged; to be disheartened
resentment; indignation; anger
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
nothing but; none other than
to pitch in and help; to give someone a hand
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
to knock down; to knock off
rich in ...; high in ...; full of ...; very ...; quite ...
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
person in charge; official; attendant
this year; this fiscal year; this school year
to lose heart; to be discouraged; to be exhausted; to be tired out
(university) admission category for recommended candidates
to hand over; to surrender
trembling from fear; trembling all over
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to show up; to appear; to turn up
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
abstention; nonparticipation