hard to see; indistinct; obscure; illegible
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
unjustified; unwarranted; unfounded; baseless; groundless
rough-and-ready (medical) treatment; drastic remedy; drastic treatment; drastic measures; drastic steps
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
to feel inferior; to feel small
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
your home; your residence; you (referring to one's equal; epistolary style)
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
horseplay; fooling around
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
coming out (disclosing one's sexual orientation or gender identity); revealing (e.g. something embarrassing); disclosure; announcement
to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
children's story; fairy tale
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
unseasonable; out-of-season
test of courage (by going to a frightening place, e.g. a graveyard)
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
case (container); case (instance, situation); case
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
relation; connection; relevance
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
to expose one's faults; to have one's defects exposed; to show oneself up
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
to not have a clear picture of the situation
nothing ventured, nothing gained; (lit.) you will not get the tiger cub without entering the tiger's den
to come crashing down; to crumble to pieces; to collapse completely
having not the slightest idea
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
villain; baddie; the villain's part