comfort; consolation; diversion
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to torment; to torture; to harass
only; merely; but; no more than
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
heart-pounding; exciting; thrilling; to have one's heart pound; to be thrilled
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
eleventh day of the month; eleven days
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to jump at; to be attracted by
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely