to narrow; to reduce; to contract
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to shake one's head (in denial)
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
hourly; from hour to hour; moment by moment; momently; from one minute to the next; with each passing moment
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
modern person; people of today
popular; common; commonplace
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
élan vital (hypothetical driving force behind creative evolution)
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
Leibniz; Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm (1646-1716)
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
dissection; autopsy; analysis
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain