graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
since then; from that time; ever since
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
to view the past with nostalgia
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
perfect; complete; flawless
to do as one wishes; to act as one wills
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
periodic; regular; routine
learning good manners through apprenticeship (to an upper-class family)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to be too late; to be too slow
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
princess; Her Royal Highness
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
kindness; intimacy; friendship
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize