high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
duty; function; office; mission; task
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
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; reward; gift
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
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; 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 entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
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 (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
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
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account