likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to be nauseating; to be disgusting; to be revolting; to throw up; to vomit
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
whiz (e.g. projectile through air); swoosh; whoosh; whistling sound
around the world; throughout the world
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
after a long time; for the first time in a while
reading partway; leaving half-read
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to be touching; to be moving
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
woman; female; feminine gender
kind; tender-hearted; compassionate
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
young (usu. of a woman); blooming; in the prime of youth; with a charm appropriate to one's age
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
late at night; small hours of the morning
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
the skin (of a human being); warmth of the skin; body warmth
yearned for; longed for; missed
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to be reminded of; to call to mind
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (e.g. boredom); to conceal (e.g. one's sorrow with a smile); to shift (the conversation)
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
to dye; to colour; to color
to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly