had better ...; had better not ...
unclear speech; garbled speech; poor enunciation; poorly expressed; unclear (wording); imprecise (expression)
young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic
way of talking; speaking style
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
hills and fields; countryside
wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca)
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
time; hour; season; suitable time; opportunity; chance
now that; since; so long as; because
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
chastity; virtue; fidelity
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
treating someone like a child
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
besides; in addition; also; moreover
to be excited; to be nervous; to be thrilled
ruining a country; ruined country
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
boy; son; baby boy; young man
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly