acceleration; speeding up
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
as you see; as you can see
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
at least; at most; (even) just
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
stone (used for throwing)
hail (e.g. of bullets); barrage; storm; rain and hail
to rain incessantly; to downpour
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
on the occasion of; at the time of
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 hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
training; drill; practice; discipline