companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy
feigning ignorance; acting dumb
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
tranquillity and peace; tranquility and peace; peaceful and uneventful
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
to love; to cherish; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
instability; insecurity; crankiness
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
worldly wisdom; secret of success in life
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord; to be gut-wrenching
beyond one's means or position
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
to care for someone; to look after someone
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
self-consciousness; self-awareness
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward