trailing; chasing after; imitation; copy
behind with everything; too late; reactive
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
making oneself conspicuous; pressing one's own cause
cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
pet dog; beloved dog; love of dogs; fondness for dogs
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to hurt; to smart; to sting
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing
to refuse to compromise (on quality, etc.); to be fastidious about doing things the right way through to the end
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
riskiness; (level of) danger
planning; project; plan; design
lint (as in a clothes dryer or a pocket); waste thread; fibers, such as might wrap around the gears in small mechanisms and cause them to jam; fluff
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
to crawl out of; to creep out of
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
division into equal parts; equal parts
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
to find fault with; to question
more than usual; especially; particularly
to suppress one's emotions