home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
reward; prize; treat; delight; small joy
with a smooch (kissing); with a light smacking sound
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
lack of information; data deficiency
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
hardware store; DIY store; home improvement retailer
tail (of an animal); tail end; tip
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish
to bend forward; to stoop; to bow
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
mere consolation; temporary peace of mind
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to shake one's head (in denial)
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court