cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
quarrel; dispute; argument
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
feeling of relief (for the time being); peace of mind (for now)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be busy; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with many things); to be packed (of one's schedule)
to call again; to call (someone) back
please (give me); please (do for me)
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
serious; severe; grave; acute
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
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)
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
stature; build; height; size; physique
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
to show (someone) out; to see (someone) off; to forward; to dispatch (goods); to push (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind