hammer; mallet; sledge(hammer); gavel
splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance
chalk (mineral); white wall
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
flashiness; showiness; brilliance; bloom; flowers
concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
I'm telling you this for your own good; here's some friendly advice
putting an end to; bringing to a close; person who opens and closes the curtains (in a theatre)
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
a gathering of many beautiful women (talented people); simultaneous emergence of many talents and achievements; (lit.) hundred flowers blooming in profusion
many; a lot; much; multitude
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling; magnificent
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire