superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
leading person; foremost figure
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
influencing (a person) for good
100,000; hundred thousand
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
March; third month of the lunar calendar
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
how many people; a number of people
provisional; temporary; tentative
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
without permission; without notice
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
lifting a girl's skirt; flipping up a skirt
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
to blow off; to be blown off