school festival; cultural festival; annual open day school event showcasing student talent
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
almost; roughly; approximately
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
participation; joining; entry; adherence
fund-raising; collection of funds
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
successively; one after another
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
in one's own way or style
popular (with); in favour (with); well received
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
to squeeze out; to wring out
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
adhesive bandage; sticking plaster; band-aid
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
incident; affair; happening; event
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange