excessive meddling (esp. by parents); excessive interference
both extremities; North and South Poles; positive and negative poles
perfect; complete; flawless
treating someone like a child
(one's) consideration; (taking) notice; interest; within the eye
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
left breast; left side of the chest
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
but; however; provided that
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
foolhardiness; recklessness; savage valour; savage valor; brute courage
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; (lit.) one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
scene; sight; scenario; setting
to mind; to care; to worry
to distract a person's attention
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to lose sight of; to miss
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down