courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to run up to; to rush over
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
olive (colour); olive brown
pupil (of the eye); one's eyes
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
beginning; outset; first; onset
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to recall; to remember; to recollect
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
distant look; faraway look
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter