once and for all; completely; spotlessly
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)
cancellation; withdrawal; asking to be excused; begging off; not taking
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
you'll regret this!; I'll get you for this!; just you wait!
to break; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated (with); to be crazy (about)
to spoil; to rot; to corrode
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
mum; mom; mummy; wifey; dear; missus
jack-o'-lantern; jack o'lantern
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
to be fulfilled; to be satisfied
to push down; to knock down
to trample; to crush underfoot
sudden emergence; sudden formation; coming out of nowhere; bursting onto the scene
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
covered with; stained; smeared
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
what's what; heads or tails
mock cavalry battle; piggyback fight
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
bloomers; (girls') gym shorts
dream journal; dream diary
collection of short stories; collected short stories
two days later; day after next; next day but one
substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday; compensatory day off work (for having worked on a holiday, etc.)
the ... after next; two ... later; two ... after
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
binding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)
all you want; as much as one wants
other side; opposite side; other party
to be infected; to be contagious
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)