to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
not understanding; not knowing
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
heaps; a lot; plenty; with a thud
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
about when; about what time; how soon
to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
when; how soon; how long until
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
to stop walking; to pause
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to stiffen; to become stiff
thoughtless; rash; hasty; imprudent
railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
in a train (car, bus, etc.); on a train
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
to take a breath; to take a short rest
to kill; to choke the life out of
beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to shake one's head (in denial)
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
as if nothing had happened
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that