happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
looking depressed; long face
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to act timid; to show diffidence; to be hesitant; to appear embarrassed; to look ashamed
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
feeling of a house or a room
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
ten; 10; ten years of age
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
memory; sense; experience
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
for this very reason; that is exactly why
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more