young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
counter for books; volume
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
unbleached cloth; unbleached colour (color); unbleached; undyed
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
acknowledgment; acknowledgement; letter of thanks
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off