before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to people
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
walking briskly; determinedly
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
to stick out one's tongue; to ridicule someone (behind their back); to laugh at someone
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
day after day; day by day
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to be satisfied; to be sated; to be satiated
without accident; uneventfully; without ...
character building; formation of character; personality development
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
to escape from; to get out
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
how; in what way; by what means
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest
in the midst of the enemy
alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
genuine article; real thing; real deal
with one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience; barely (e.g. escape); narrowly
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
rope; cord; policeman's rope