standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
should time and circumstances permit
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to continue to do; to persist in doing
healthy; sound; wholesome
morbid; unhealthful; insalubrious
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
simple honesty; tactless frankness