unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
to cry one's eyes out; to make one's eyes swollen from crying
trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps
encouragement; cheering on
having said that; be that as it may
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
willpower; energy; vitality
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
god-like existence; person far higher (in hierarchy, etc.) than oneself
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
natural disaster; cataclysm
sitting cross-legged; sitting in the lotus position
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
extremely; very; really; super; so
for the first time in one's life
to settle (in a place); to settle down
literature; books (reference); document
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
for this very reason; that is exactly why
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
to be lacking in options; to be too few
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
(temporary) closure of school
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
clanging; empty; deserted
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer