strumming; thrumming; plunking; plonking
wooden pipe; wooden bobbin; woodwind instrument
brass (musical) instrument
grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
player (of music, instrument, etc.)
high-pitched tone; soprano
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
bitter tears; (lit.) tears of blood
end; close; conclusion; termination
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
deep regret; bitter disappointment; chagrin; vexation
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
strongly; violently; with all one's strength
major-leaguer; member of a major-league team
using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; throwing a ball as hard as one can
to fly; to race away; to vanish; to disappear; to rush over; to hurry over
scanning (e.g. TV); traversal
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
the cauldron of Hell (in which sinners are boiled)
Rio; Rio de Janeiro (abbr)
condition; state (of health); appearance
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
equivalence; equal value; parity; (logical) equivalence
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
productive; constructive; meaningful
penal labour; work assigned to prisoners