one's youth; one's youthful days (years); the flower of one's youth; the springtime of one's life
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
after that; afterwards; thereafter
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
chemical reaction; generation of an unexpected result from combining things
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
closing time; lockup; curfew
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to complain; to make a complaint
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
trusted (friend); close (relationship)
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to say (something) over one's shoulder
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
melancholy air; anxious look; traces of sorrow; gloom
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)