skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
technical skill; ability; capacity
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
posture; position; stance
young girl; lass; adolescent female
vigorous; cheerful; assertive
that kind; competition; match
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; in haste
coquettish; teasing; mischievous; devilish
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
social life; social intercourse
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
narrow-minded; intolerant; petty
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
your daughter; young woman
noble (birth); royal; august; exalted; high-born; of high rank
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour