treating someone like a child
princess; daughter of a nobleman
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
less than ...; smaller ...
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to shout (in anger); to yell
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
natural calamity; disaster
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
squaring; multiplying (a number) by itself; second power
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
to warp; to bend backwards; to throw the head (or shoulders) back; to throw out the chest
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
lack of innovation; stupidity
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
unheard-of; unprecedented
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
lack of virtue; immorality; vice; depravity; unworthiness
binding hand and foot; temporary feeling of paralysis; sleep paralysis; being tied down with money
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
bodily sensation; sense; experience