Vocabulary

to be lifted; to be raised; to rise; to go up

to hire; to lease; to requisition; to charter

to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)

to move house; to move to a new house (or apartment, etc.)

to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)

to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into

to banter; to make fun of; to jeer at

to guess; to conjecture; to surmise

to run out; to rush out

to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up (with chopsticks, tweezers, etc.)

to create (a sensation); to cause (a commotion); to give rise to (controversy)

to demolish; to tear down; to pull down

to win and advance to the next round

to use as an intermediary

to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to be wrong; to be mistaken / get wrong

to pull apart; to separate

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to turn oneself into; to transform oneself into

to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of

to yield; to give in; to be daunted; to shrink

to choose at one's own discretion

to lift up; to hold up; to raise

to use up; to squander

to apologize (apologise); to apologise

to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for

to eat into

to freeze; to refrigerate

to throw away

to hide; to keep to oneself

to spend; to expend; to consume

to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)

to embrace each other

to translate; to interpret

to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to

to point upward; to look upward

to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger

to turn reddish-brown; to turn rufous; to become discolored; to become discoloured

to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate

to re-cover; to reupholster; to repaper; to renew (e.g. a plaster)