indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
temporary absence from school
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
close; intimate; on good terms
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
plump; fat; thick (e.g. curry); full (e.g. lips)
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
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.)
broiled eel served over rice in a lacquered box; broiled eel and rice served in two separate stacked boxes, with eel in top box and rice in bottom box
candy fashioned in human and animal forms
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to get over a bad mood; to get back in a good mood; to brighten up; to recover one's temper; to feel oneself again
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
period of time; time slot; time zone
notice; attention; observation
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
so; like this; in this way