plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
close; intimate; on good terms
three; three years of age
to survive; to continue living; to escape death
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
lover's whispers; sweet nothings; whispered intimacies; babbling (of a baby); babble
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout