near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
to stop walking; to pause
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (of a cat)
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
there; the spot; the place; then and there; on the spot; immediately
with a collapse; with a slump
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to make a fool of oneself; to whoop it up; to be on the spree
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
beginning; outset; first; onset
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
deadly serious; deadly earnest
already; now; no longer; not any more
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
to seem ...; to look ...; to appear ...; to feel ...; to behave like ...
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
to dye; to colour; to color