desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
in proportion to; according to; depending on
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
established fact; fait accompli
wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
anger; offence; offense; rage; taking offense; taking offence
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
showing one's face in public; facing another person
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
unskilled; not very good at
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
insolent fellow; rude fellow
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
all; entire; whole; altogether
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
indicate reason; infers some protest
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)