guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
women and children; woman; grown woman; wife
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
evaluation; criticism; commenting on; assessment; estimation
adventure story; novel of adventure
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
spine (of book); binding (of book)
to attract attention; to come into the limelight
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
morning star; Venus; preeminent person (within their own field); star (of the stage, silver screen, etc.)
small; fine; detailed; stingy
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
particularly; only; in the case of
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
to weave within (hair, fabric, etc.); to braid
Alice band; horseshoe-shaped hairband made of metal or plastic (often covered with cloth); Katyusha rocket launcher (Soviet)
barrette; hair clip; hair slide; hair band
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
thought; consideration; thinking
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound