to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
11th day of the month; 11 days
great disturbance; great tumult; turmoil; wild uproar; pandemonium
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
cooperative buying; group buying; joint purchase
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
supply; supplying; replenishment
divide; parting; carrying two bundles tied together over one's shoulder; hair parted in the middle
premature death; untimely death; dying young
to number more than ten; to be numerous
with a bang bang (e.g. repeated sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace; with great vigor
killing time; staving off boredom
distortion; falsification; perversion
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
at first; in the beginning; originally
to put on the brakes; to put a stop to
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
frankly; honestly speaking; speaking one's mind and holding nothing back; really; extremely
good old; good old-fashioned
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
reflexively; reflectively; by reflex
to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace
drinking bout; merrymaking
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform); plain clothes; civilian clothes; plainclothes police officer
to fall (on); to rain down; to shower down; to befall; to happen (to)
circumstances; sequence of events; how things got this way; details; particulars
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
metal ring; metal hoop; metal band; trivet