home area; home town; local
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
reigning; controlling; dictating
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
fire fighting; extinguishing a fire
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
to go along; to walk along; to follow
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
lifesaver; person who saved one's life
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
carefree; free from worry
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
serious; not joking; straight
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part