to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
to originate (with); to start (with); to stem (from)
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
human relations; personal relationships
reset; fresh start; new beginning
one's (living) environment
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
sympathy; compassion; pity
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
whether one wants to or not; without choice
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
(opening of a) wound; cut
general idea; concept; notion
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
is something that; is that which
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
to look up (at); to look upwards; to respect; to look up to
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
counter for birds or rabbits
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
to approach; to draw near
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
absolutely; positively; decidedly
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination