fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
objection; dissent; protest
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to put up (a notice); to post
to fly; to race away; to vanish; to disappear; to rush over; to hurry over
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
Rus' (old name of Russia)
older sister; elder sister
understood; I see; OK; present; here
elder sister; effeminate man
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
serious; not joking; straight
how; in what way; by what means
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to apologize; to apologise
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate