how can (one) do something
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
children's home; child care institution; orphanage
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
in succession; one after another
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to force open; to push open
difficult to get into; not be easily influenced into joining some mood or activity
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
strongish; somewhat strong
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
several sheets (flat objects)
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
Lolita (fashion style); young girl; childlike young woman
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
(stare or glare with) scornful eyes; reproachful eyes; disgusted eyes
to stifle a laugh; to hold back a laugh
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
to look away; to avert one's eyes
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
jersey (fabric); jersey; (sports) uniform; Jersey (cattle)