(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
to be generally accepted; to be acknowledged by oneself and others
way; course; the only way
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
impulsive; emotional; straightforward; hot-headed; quick-tempered
superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart
to take back; to recapture
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
trying the food at various restaurants; eating tour; walking while eating; eating while walking
in contrast to (one's, its) appearance
glutton; gormandizer; gormandiser
very short and stout; small but quite wide around
discriminatory; discriminative
to act arrogantly; to be puffed up with success; to behave like one is better than others
suddenly; abruptly; impulsively
unheard-of; unprecedented; daring; wild; uninhibited
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret
book lover; lover of books; bibliophilism; love of books
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
(for a conversation) to wander from the subject; to get off track
modest; reserved; discreet; careful; prudent; circumspect
to be bothered (by something); to suffer
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
half- (sibling by a different mother); paternal
as; because; with; due to
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
death from disease; death from illness
food expenses; cost of one's board
dead person; deceased person