marshland; wetland; swampland
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to express (in words); to confess
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
enchantingly beautiful flower; bewitching beauty
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
all night long; all through the night
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
growth period; growing season
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
to begin talking; to open up
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
while; even though; despite
to turn a somersault; to turn over (topsy-turvy); to turn head over heels
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
in that way; like that; that way
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
sweet (voice, fragrance, etc.)
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
flustered; flurried; (shocked) speechless