boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
megaphone; bullhorn; loudhailer
to (suddenly) get into a specific mood; (lit.) to get switched on
slip; skid; slip (i.e. petticoat); slip (of paper); Serial Link IP; SLIP
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
(highway) median; median strip; central reservation
to run up onto (e.g. sidewalk); to run aground; to be stranded
(squad of) police; police force
vitality; (one's) life force
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
unusual; unconventional; mold-breaking; outside the box
reduced drawing; miniature copy; microcosm; microcosmos
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
to give someone a surprise; to catch off guard and fluster; to frustrate (e.g. someone's plans); to give someone a blow; to scare the hell out of
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
homecoming; returning home
recruiting; job offer; job vacancy
answer respectively agreement or disagreement
sleeplessness; insomnia; wakefulness
shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)
homeroom; form room; form class
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
superior; superiors; senior