reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
stepping back; drawing back
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
to let down one's guard; to relax one's guard
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
warm and fluffy; soft; steamy hot (food); hot and flaky; feeling mentally tired; feeling of tired relief or accomplishment after effort or perseverance
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence