to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
sexy; popular; well-liked
to like; to love; to be fond of
baby girl; primary schoolgirl
the same generation; coeval
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
crowded (e.g. with people); overflowing
great success; roaring business; busy; packed-out
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
giving two or three light tugs (or pushes); (arch.) worrying about; (arch.) moping; (arch.) suddenly angry; (arch.) feeling a surge of anger
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
dwarf (esp. in folklore or fantasy literature)
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
will not do; do not; does not
nursery school; day nursery; nursery room
asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
another's parent; another's parents
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
other side; opposite side; other party
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
form; method; system; formula
such; like that; in that way
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
tendency; trend; inclination
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
despair; desperation; abandonment
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
school education; formal education