attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
(for the) first time in one's life
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
human realm; world of humans; terrestrial world
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
summoning circle; magic circle (esp. in fictional settings); magic square
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
to come to one's senses; to calm down
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
to finish reading; to read through
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
having a high threshold (for entry); difficult to approach; feeling awkward to go to (of someone's home)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
law-like nature; regularity
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
at first; in the beginning; originally
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry