fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
(complete) set; outfit; kit; all; everything
stock; products; goods (esp. stolen); loot; spoils
to cross (each other); to pass (each other); to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by; to have a misunderstanding; to go awry
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to yell; to rant; to rave
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
mass of rock; rock lump; block
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents; ungrateful child; unfilial child
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
looking after a baby; taking care of a baby; babysitting; babysitter
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; homeworking; simple job carried out at home; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
not entirely wrong but not entirely right; so-so; average
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
to be downhearted; to look miserable
lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love
leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development