to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream); to realize; to fulfill
favourite book; favorite book
writing (a book); book; (literary) work; writings
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
to prowl after; to keep watch on
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly
to put on airs; to throw one's weight about; to swagger; to act arrogantly
young master; son of a high-ranking person
resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness
shivering; trembling; shuddering; shaking
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
instability; insecurity; crankiness
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts
to be boiled; to be cooked
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
on bad terms; at loggerheads
to like; to love; to be fond of
to jump; to leap; to splash (of oil, mud, etc.); to spatter; to burst; to crack open
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
with these words; while saying
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to be too numerous; to be too much
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding
to cajole; to deceive; to seduce
skill; proficiency; dexterity; flattery
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
beloved wife; cherishing one's wife