children's story; fairy tale
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
the same; the said; likewise
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
to tell a person (something) emphatically; to let a person have it
one way or the other; either way
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
bombshell announcement (statement)
one's principles and position
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
Gothic Lolita (type of teenage fashion)
if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose
kerosene; paraffin; lamp oil
lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say
(arch.) all together in a line; (arch.) all together in a lump; dressed sloppily; overdressed for the occasion
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
memories; recollections; reminiscence
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
one scene (e.g. in a movie)