malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
orchestra member; musician
to fetter; to shackle; to bind
comparatively; relatively
light; right; right field; right fielder
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
older brother and younger sister
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
moment; brief space of time
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
storm and stress; Sturm und Drang
silence; stillness; quietness
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to shake; to sway; to waver
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
difficult to ...; hard to ...
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to blush; to have flushed cheeks
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly