companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to send flying with a kick
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
flash (of light); glint; schiller
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly
to deceive; to blind the eyes of
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
guard; sentinel; garrison
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
else; in addition; besides
station; office; guardroom
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
that's the way it is; such is life
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
to sparkle; to glitter; to twinkle
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to be conspicuous; to stand out
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
several minutes; a few minutes
without permission; without notice