grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
feeling keenly; fully realizing
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
hostility; animosity; enmity
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
spasmodic; erratic; fitful; sporadic
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
pomegranate (Punica granatum)
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
sound of voice; vocal sound
to run up to; to rush over
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
landing (on the ground); landing place; terminal; (shipping) destination; outcome; final result
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
you could say; you might say; verging on the
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
blow; shock; strike; batting
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched
to lose sight of; to miss
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case