to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to ask; to enquire; to query
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
having not the slightest idea
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
pillar of fire; blazing column
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
economical; efficient; lean; compact
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
to bend forward; to stoop; to bow
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
feminine handwriting; woman's hand
with a snap; with a bang; with a plonk; suddenly; all of a sudden
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)