assistant (esp. in show business or sumo); attendant; chaperon
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
rather than; more ... than ...
elegance; refinement; grace; aroma
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
strict; formal; strait-laced; stuffy; prudish; serious
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
princess; daughter of a nobleman
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
reasonableness (esp. of children); obedience
greeting; a fine thing to say
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
currying favour; sucking up; being anxious to please; bootlicker
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
a certain someone; Mr So-and-so
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken