love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
to lead someone around by the nose
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
agile (person's movements); nimble; adroit; lively; brisk; skillful
to break into fragments; to go to pieces
natural features; scenery; things particular to a certain region or season; characteristic scenery and customs; scenes and manners
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
study; library; den; home office; reading room
one's possessions; ownership
biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
down quilt; feather quilt; feather duvet; eiderdown
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
dead of night (when even the trees and plants sleep)
stakeout; ambush; lookout; watch; paste-up; collage
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly
stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
leggings (stretchy skin-tight trousers); spats (footwear accessory); gaiters
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
settlement out of court; private settlement
to push away; to push aside; to shove
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
to suffer an embarrassing defeat
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
skill; dexterity; master hand