fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)
to order; to command; to appoint
supreme; sublime; highest
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
in swarms; in great crowds
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to soar (esp. of spirits and gods)
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
normalcy; normality; normal
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
all (there is); as long as there is
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
action committee; executive committee
trouble; quarrel; dispute
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
just one person; only one
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone