country-bred; raised in the country
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
transcendence; excellence; superiority; super; extremely; awfully
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp
someone; a certain person
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
boobs; boobies; breasts; breast milk
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
unsuited; inappropriate; improper; undeserved
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
magnificent house; luxurious home; palatial residence; stately mansion
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
to train; to discipline; to teach manners
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
half the body; half length
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to return a favor (favour); to repay
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
to slide down; to slip down
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
key to understanding; point (e.g. of an argument)
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
cushion; cushion (to soften the blow); mitigation
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to insert; to put in; to come in (of light); to shine in; to have a griping pain (in the stomach, chest, etc.)