echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
fairyland; never-never land
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
equivalence; equal value; parity; (logical) equivalence
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
being sick and tired (of); being fed up (with); having one's fill (of)
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
in succession; in an endless stream; continuing without pause or interruption
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)
infancy; childhood; tender age
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
by sheer strength; by brute force