direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggyback ride
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly
to give an impression; to make an impression
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
to shake; to sway; to waver
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
male-dominated society; patriarchal society
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
woman; female; feminine gender
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)