pair (esp. of mated animals); brace; couple; (anatomical) joint
necessities of life (food, clothing and shelter)
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
companion; company; tritagonist
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
to become attached; to begin to love
manners; behavior; behaviour
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
surely; certainly; without doubt
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
older sister; elder sister
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to become better; to improve
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)