mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
coming to a castle; visiting a castle
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
to remain unextinguished; to survive
(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to weave within (hair, fabric, etc.); to braid
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
metal fittings; metal fixtures
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
changing one's dress (e.g. at the wedding reception)
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
to relapse; to reassert; to review
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
to break into a smile; to smile broadly; to beam
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
just above; right overhead
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
to fix one's hair (hairdo) (esp. if disheveled); to straighten one's hair; to make an adjustment to one's hair; to do (up) one's hair