unpacking (esp. after moving house)
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
matchmaking photo; photograph to be shown to a prospective marriage partner
to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
to be saucy (of children); to be impudent; to be cheeky; to be sassy; to be precocious
one act (of a play); scene; event
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
wintertime; winter season
to watch steadily; to stare
background knowledge; prerequisite knowledge
card (with a message written on it)
self-condemnation; self-reproach; self-accusation
acquittal; indulgence; remission of sin; pardon
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
collapse; collapsing; death; bad debt
to look after (often medically); to take care of
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up
casually (come or go); aimlessly; abruptly; detached (from the world); aloof
to be detained; to take time
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
falling (down) unconscious; fainting (and collapsing)
to boil down; to condense; to think through to the end; to reduce to essentials
half out of interest; mostly out of curiosity
to daub; to brush; to touch up
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
the earth below; the ground below; this world (as opposed to heaven)
look!; there!; here!; that is
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
high ground; plateau; heights; highlands