entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
hundred points; perfect mark
to triumph; to be elated with success
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
one person; another name; nickname; alias
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into
double room; room shared by two people; shared room
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
all year round; all the time; year in and year out
Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
to have grown tense (of a situation); to have become critical (and to be on the verge of a major upheaval)
to lean against; to set against
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
done; just done; just finished
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
tip of the hand; (use of) one's hands; cheap trick; superficial wit; cheap; makeshift (e.g. measures)
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
bow-wow; woof; wah-wah; bawling; clamouring; clamoring
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with