chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
to turn completely into; to become completely
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
origin; beginning; source; rise
value to society; raison d'être; existence value
both eloquent and skilled
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
personal; individual; private
relationship; connection; involvement; entanglement; implication (e.g. in a crime)
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
hard-fought win; winning through perseverance
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
telling others; revealing to others; letting out a secret
to tighten; to press hard
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
follower; attendant; valet; servant
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
annual (plant); first-year student
being left out; being ostracized
junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
self-deprecating; self-mocking
temporary absence from school
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
Moro; Muslim inhabitant of the Philippines; conspicuously; openly; completely; entirely
beating (inflicted as punishment); mob violence; mob justice
hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape; sexual assault