quick change; quick transformation; metamorphosis; turning suddenly into
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
to be needed; to be wanted
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
court lady; lady-in-waiting
preparation; arrangements
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills
to be opposite; to face each other
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten