market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
purchase; buying; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
congratulations on entering a school; gift to someone entering a school
rubber band; elastic band
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
that kind; competition; match
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
fast-talking; rapid talking
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
each time it happens; at all such times
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
extremely familiar; very well-acquainted
coexistence; living together
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (e.g. economy); losing momentum
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to hide; to conceal oneself
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
to rush back; to run back
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
forcibly; against one's will
exaltation; emotional uplift