hollow; mid-air; air; sky
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
(very) patient; persevering
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
so; like this; in this way
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to assort; to classify; to journalize (in accounting); to journalise
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
classification; assortment; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
to begin; to set about; to start
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
to make a distinction; to differ; to be different