to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
stinging (pain); smarting; tingling
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
confections; sweets; candy; cake
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
metal fittings; metal fixtures
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
feel (of a material); texture
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
lightning strike; thunderbolt; bolt of lightning; to strike (lightning); to be struck by lightning
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
golden age; prime; heyday; season (for fruit, vegetables, etc.); best time