snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound
light; easy; non-serious; minor
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
to lay out a futon; to make a bed
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
labored breathing; laboured breathing; dyspnea; dyspnoea
to be beside oneself; to lose one's head; to go mad with something
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
maternity nerves; maternity neurosis
dealing with; coping with
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to be moved by affection; to be moved by kindness; to be touched
fitting (e.g. door, window); fit
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
death from cold; freezing to death
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
to think over; to ponder; to ruminate; to reflect
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
mentally strong; strong-willed
(one acting as a) foster parent
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
child born with teeth; child which does not resemble its parents; changeling; wild child; badly-behaved child
acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
grudge; complaint; reproach
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn