to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
flexible; lithe; soft; calisthenics
outward appearance; apparent
fancy; fancy; imagination; whim
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
adhesion; stickiness; viscosity
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to watch for an unguarded moment
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
vitality; (one's) life force
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
having no idea what will happen; God only knows; there is no knowing; you never can tell
characteristic; (distinctive) feature; peculiarity; spot color; spot colour
direction; trend; directionality; directivity; goal; aim
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
not at all inferior to; compare favorably (with); being even better than; rivalling; surpassing
sentimental; mushy; saccharine; sickly-sweet; sugary
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to shadow
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to erase all trace of something