to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
with a pitter-patter; choked up (with emotion); heart-wringing; momentary tightening of one's chest caused by powerful feelings (e.g. parting with a loved one)
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
to examine someone's expression
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
popular person; favorite; favourite
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile
to complain; to make a complaint
finger flick to the forehead
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
to intervene; to stop (something)
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo