one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
how many people; a number of people
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
returning tit for tat; retaliating
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
unknown; unidentified; unspecified
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
to manipulate figures to one's advantage; to count wrongly on purpose; to inflate or deflate one's age
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
to warp; to become strained; to become distorted; to become crooked
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
to dye; to colour; to color
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up