personage; person (deserving of respect)
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
circumstances; one's situation or lot in life
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
book; volume; this; present; main; head
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
feeling sick (suddenly); feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry (suddenly); being offended; being disgusted
father and child; father and son; father and daughter
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
person who is ...; thing that is ...
binding hand and foot; temporary feeling of paralysis; sleep paralysis; being tied down with money
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
a short time ago; a while ago; for some time
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
fit; spasm; attack; seizure
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
finally; after great pains; at last; just barely
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
charming; fascinating; enchanting; bewitching; beguiling; captivating
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout