Vocabulary

to be noisy; to be astir; to be abuzz; to be in commotion; to be aflutter; to be unsettled

to make a drumming noise

to smirk; to grin broadly

to clatter; to rattle; to flap (noisily); to flutter; to thrash around

to rain (drops on the large side); to go to pieces; to be taken apart

to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food

to dry out; to become dry (and brittle); to go stale

to twitch

to be slow; to not make progress; to be inefficient

to glare; to dazzle

to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set

to be sticky

to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)

to abridge; to shorten; to economize

to look old; to appear mature (e.g. of children)

to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow

to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to discontinue

to be afraid (of); to be frightened; to be scared; to tremble in fear; to shrink in fear

to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to flicker

to clamour; to crowd; to jostle

to get into trouble; to have troubles; to cause trouble

to have an accident (esp. traffic accident); to cause an accident

to drop; to lose; to let fall

to become bright; to become clear

to make do errands; to set to scutwork

to smoke

to incorporate

to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)

to ration out and survive on (some food)

to have (break out into) a broad (suggestive) grin

to be greedy; to devour greedily

to be at a loss; to rack one's brains in vain; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea

to be at a loss how to continue an offensive; to be frustrated by impregnable defences

to leap back; to jump back

to fail; to screw up; to stuff up

to rise gradually; to rise slowly

to understand; to comprehend

to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)

to draw (original illustrations, artwork, etc.); to draw specially (for)

to hit (e.g. target)