guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
to square one's shoulders
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
passing through without stopping; passing by
what do you want?; can I help you?
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
cock-a-doodle-doo (sound made by cockerels, roosters); cockerel; rooster (childish term)
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
several people; a few people
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
sound; noise; acoustics; reverberation; echo; audio
way; method; means; resource; course
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
moving about; stirring about
difficult to ...; hard to ...
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside