with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to be overcome with emotion
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
boy; son; baby boy; young man
go on!; right!; here goes!
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to grow up; to become an adult
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
to be able to manage somehow or another
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
to turn over (in one's sleep); to toss and turn (in bed); to change sides; to double-cross; to betray
binding hand and foot; temporary feeling of paralysis; sleep paralysis; being tied down with money
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
to take a breath; to take a short rest
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
to tighten; to press hard
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically