to ascertain; to check; to make sure
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to look away; to avert one's eyes
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
manly; masculine; like a man
madly in love; head over heels; fanatically doting; collapsed; out of spirits
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
this (very thing); this precisely
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
caged bird; person whose freedom has been restricted (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.)
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
to be reminded of; to call to mind
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to burst (open); to break; to split
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion