recollection; reminiscence
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
in succession; one by one
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
closing party; closing event of a school, etc. festival
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
rest; break; recess; intermission
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to envy; to be envious (of); to be jealous (of)
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
duty; obligation; responsibility
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to be silent; to say nothing
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known