slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy
first meeting; first interview with
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
cosmos; common cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
suffix for familiar person
flustered; confused; panicked
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
mho (unit of conductance)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
older sister; lass; young lady
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
to be sullen; to be offended; to be stuffy; to be stifling; slowly (exhaling smoke)
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
not caring; not giving a damn
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes)
elder sister; effeminate man
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
scoundrel; rascal; villain
to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play foul
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
dozens; scores of; decades