explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
participation; joining; entry; adherence
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt
study; research; investigation
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to name; to call; to christen; to term
throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
due form; official; formality
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
student aid; tuition assistance
separation; farewell; parting
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
(examination) failure; rejection; disqualification
hard-to-get-into university; elite university; highly-selective university
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
meteor; shooting star; falling star
fireball; bolide; fireball
coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common