what's the matter?; what's wrong?
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
make no progress; remain unsettled
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement