to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
accurate; correct; precise; exact
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
although I say; although one might say; although called
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
to lose heart; to lose motivation
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to complain persistently; to gripe; to grumble; to die
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to keep standing; to stand motionless
boy; son; baby boy; young man
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
mum; mom; mummy; wifey; dear; missus
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
police officer; policeman; constable
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
no!; no no!; no, not at all
never mind!; don't worry about it
lost child department; place to bring lost children to
to give no leeway; to press (for an answer, etc.); to shower (questions on someone)
intimacy; affection; familiarity
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to lose sight of; to miss
crying face; face of a person who is crying
emoji; pictorial symbol; pictograph; ASCII art