with a (light) slapping sound
good wife and wise mother
all kinds of malicious gossip; heaping verbal abuse (on); cursing and swearing (words)
innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded
to smile (at); to grin (at)
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
to be partly responsible for; to have a part in; to play a role in
even though; despite; when
to get lost; to lose one's bearings; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be tempted; to be seduced
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
despite having waited a long time; in spite of having waited a long time; no matter how long one waits
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
leadership; initiative; spearhead
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
consenting to; agreeing to; understanding; being convinced of; being satisfied
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
weather vane; fence-sitter; opportunist
dual nature; bilateral character; two-facedness; two-sidedness
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
intangible; incorporeal; unreasonable; preposterous; absurd
still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition
affection; love; fondness; tenderness
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors); lack of self-reliance; presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour); presumed benevolence; attention-seeking (behavior)
self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity
to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation