lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
brat; kid; urchin; little devil
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to knock (someone) off their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
restoration; repair; mending
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to pause; to have a short intermission
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
interrupting (someone speaking); butting in; cutting in
to be overawed; to be overwhelmed; to be overcome; to be intimidated; to be daunted
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
annoying; infuriating; provoking; irritating; aggravating; vexing
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings
to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
to knit (one's eyebrows); to furrow; to contract
drawstring (e.g. on a bag)
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
with religious zeal; with utmost devotion; take great care of
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)
whoosh (of something suddenly spreading, billowing, swelling, or gushing outward); fwoosh; (bursting) into tears; suddenly (crying)
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
quality (of a product or a service)
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark