to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
just because; even if; even though
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
speech; expression; wording; language
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
and yet; though; when; in spite of
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
inside one's heart; in one's mind
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)