older sister; elder sister
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
sharp (eyes, ears, etc.); keen; acute; sharp-witted; shrewd; clever
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
being good at cooking; good cook
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to have sparkling eyes; to have shining eyes; to have a gleam in one's eyes
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
feigned ignorance; pretending not to know
scenery; scene; landscape
to clear up; to become cloudless
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
child of mixed parentage; mixed-race child
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently; gloomily
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers
glutton; gormandizer; gormandiser
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression