to protect; to preserve; to keep
to serve; to work for; to attend
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
episode; anecdote; vignette; episode
to feel attracted by; to be fascinated by
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
crummy; shabby; petty; lousy; puny; cheap
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
never mind!; don't worry about it
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
death from disease; death from illness
ten-year-old; ten year old
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
one's own style; self-taught manner
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with