joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
to loiter around; to wander about
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
big man; large man; tall man; giant
to comb down; to smooth down
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
to call in; to invite; to bring in
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
intelligence operative; spy
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
playing the victim; playing the victim card
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
philanthropic activity; charity work
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly
real experience; actual observations
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
boisterously; roughly; briskly
sounding; probing; probe; stylet; spy
oath; pledge; pact; covenant; alliance