true character; true heart; true spirit
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
long (time that has passed); old (story)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
surname; family name; last name
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
to jump up; to leap up; to fly up (into the sky); to soar up; to jump ahead; to skip ahead
to pass (of time); to elapse
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
genuine; authentic; true; real
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
older sister; elder sister
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to concern; to be related
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
long time; long interval; for quite some time
estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
to take a step backward; to retreat a step; to back up
too (much); overly; excessively
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting