tale; short story; sketch comedy; skit
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
expression; presentation; representation; notation
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
to get excited; to get hyped up; to become happy; to get in a good mood
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to feel; to sense; to experience
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
the same generation; coeval
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
just because; even if; even though
in that way; like that; that way
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
pink (any flower of genus Dianthus, esp. the fringed pink, Dianthus superbus); (arch.) lovable, caressable girl
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
of no interest; not interested
interference; intervention; meddling
interference; meddling; butting in
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect