care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh
to be reminded of; to call to mind
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
honeybee (Apis sp.); honey bee
to fall in love (with); to love
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
one-by-one; separately; in detail
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
because of; owing to; due to
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
to feel gloomy; to feel blue; to feel melancholy
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
how; in what way; by what means
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart