with the exception of; excepting; excluding
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
god-like existence; person far higher (in hierarchy, etc.) than oneself
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
out of hand; uncontrollable; out of control; messy
kindergarten pupil; kindergartener
to raise one's voice; to shout
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
understood; I see; OK; present; here
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to be lazy; to be slack; to feel dull; to feel languid; to feel listless
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
for today; for the time being
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
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 hide; to keep to oneself
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
position; location; base; point; site
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives