disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
curiosity; inquisitiveness
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
cheering group; cheering squad
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
with these words; while saying
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
to discuss; to talk together
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
rest; break; recess; intermission
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
surely; certainly; without doubt
bento; Japanese box lunch
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
trouble; quarrel; dispute
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person