fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly
curious; strange; unusual
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
even more; still more; further
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
shop; small store; business; firm
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
sixth day of the month; six days
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
item; something that one "just has to have"
disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
scene; view; prospect; outlook
time of emergency; (in an) emergency
private tutor; coach; governess
hard to reach place; remote place
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
to gain knowledge; to build up one's knowledge
event; phenomenon; matter
direction of movement (motion); direction of travel (esp. train)
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
snowmelt; meltwater; melted snow
to rub; to scrub; to scrape; to draw near; to press
to spread; to be propagated
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed