first thing in the morning
immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
to be perturbed; to be agitated
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into
to crumple (up); to wrinkle; to rub thoroughly
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
anguished; distressed; worried; horny
while; during (the time when)
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
hypothesis; supposition; assumption