tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings
collective responsibility; joint liability
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
to go up the stairs; to climb the stairs
at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
traveling expenses; travelling expenses
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
unanticipated; unexpected
largish; biggish; on the large side; slightly larger; a little larger
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
irritating; aggravating; upsetting; maddening; infuriating; exasperating
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
to be one's ruin; to do harm; to cause trouble; to have negative consequences; to bring about a bad outcome
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
even more; still more; further
to blaze; to burn brightly
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
fair attack; fair tactics; straightforward approach; standard procedure; established method
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
one blow; one hit; one stroke; summiting on the first attempt (oft. without prior knowledge about the route; in climbing); on-sight; flashing
resourcefulness; ability (esp. to earn a living); dependability; reliability
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
rare; exceptional; extraordinary; unique; incomparable; unparalleled