to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
physical condition; state of health
waste of time; killing time
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
collection of books; (personal) library
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
proposal; proposition; suggestion
suddenly; all of a sudden
interruption; suspension; break
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
rough; casual (clothing); rough (of a golf course); rough sketch; rough draft
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
to stay (at); to stop (at)
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to understand from experience