looking depressed; long face
rainfall; snowfall; alighting; descending
one's only good clothes (suit, dress, etc.); one's only suit of clothes; one's best clothes; one's Sunday best
inadequacy; inappropriateness; unfitness; impropriety
downer (dispiriting person or thing); killjoy; gloomy feeling; downer (drug; esp. a barbiturate); depressant
flare skirt; flared skirt
companion; company; tritagonist; second supporting character
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
to complete decisively; to do to completion
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
synchronization; synchronized swimming
evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
another time; some other time
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
handling things like an adult; behaving like a mature grown-up
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
sudden reversal (of behavior, opinion, attitude, etc.); about-face; flip-flop
all's grist that comes to his mill; turn everything to good account; turn anything to profit
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
rivalry; feud; conflict; dispute; struggle; strife
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
tacit; unspoken; implicit
to give and take; to make mutual concessions; to compromise
to worry about what lies ahead (based on the current situation); to look bleak (for the future); to not bode well
upward adjustment; upward revision
VIP; very important person
job hunting; job searching
dry taste (e.g. sake, wine); a liking for sake; one who likes sake; salty (taste); harsh; scathing
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
to be sooty; to be stained