stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to bring back; to restore
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
one day; (on) a certain day
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
to muster up one's courage
the other day; a few days ago
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves
to scrutinize; to scrutinise
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
trouble; bother; annoyance
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
willpower; energy; vitality
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
and; thereupon; because of that