to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
primary school; elementary school; grade school
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
making-of; behind-the-scenes; making; creating
sales; selling; marketing
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
to lick all over; to run one's tongue over
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
swim ring; swimming ring; life buoy; life belt; life preserver; lifesaver
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up
sea level; (surface of) sea
lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little