thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to thrust before; to thrust at
way out; means to escape; escape route
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
treatment (of a person); dealing with
help; assistance; service
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
to be too numerous; to be too much
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
stubborn person; bonehead; bullethead; pig-headed person
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
right to choose; a say; option
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
Alice band; horseshoe-shaped hairband made of metal or plastic (often covered with cloth); Katyusha rocket launcher (Soviet)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
small face (of a woman; generally considered attractive)
wide open (of eyes); large and bright (eyes)
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
chamber maid; female servant; area around the hips; waist area
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly