embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to discuss; to talk together
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
sublimation; sublimation (of an impulse); sublimation (i.e. transforming into a purer or nobler form)
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
to push aside; to push one's way through
dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently; gloomily
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
quiet; still; surreptitious
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
laws (of nature); (divine) providence
lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching
feel uneasy; on tenterhooks; in suspense; on pins and needles
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
king; king; king (chess piece)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
at first; initially; in the beginning
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent