to be reluctant to answer; to hesitate to answer
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
carrying a person in one's arms; princess carry; bridal carry
tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
superman; superhuman person; Superman (superhero)
knight on a white horse; Prince Charming
episode; anecdote; vignette
perfect; complete; flawless
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
push-up (exercise); press-up
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
family-oriented; familial
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
fingering an object (in killing time); amusing oneself; diversion; gambling
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to look forward to something
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day