one or two; a few; small number
light (e.g. colour, color)
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
slide (used for projection); magic lantern
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer
to become dim; to become blurred
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
virtual image; false image; pretense; pretence
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
it is I who should say so
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
a little while later; for a little while; some time later; for some time; presently
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
being seen here and there; appearing in various places
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
although there are many of them
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
to pause; to have a short intermission
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to tire of; to lose interest in; (arch.) to be satisfied; (arch.) to enjoy; (arch.) to do adequately
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself