innocent; cherubic; childlike
failure; mistake; blunder
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
to do together; to share; to participate in
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
something like ...; something called ...
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
story; tale; talk; discussion
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
sorry to bother you, but ...
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
decision; settlement; definition
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good