cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
because of; owing to; due to
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
to be surprised; to be astonished
sympathy; compassion; pity
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
selection; choice; option
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
sincere; honest; faithful
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
much less; to say nothing of
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
to go past; to pass; to pass by