to look daggers at someone; to be angry
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
to remind (someone of something); to call (someone's) attention (to); to tell (someone) again (to make sure); to make (doubly) sure (of); to emphasize; to reconfirm
self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
in the end; on top of that
to struggle for; to compete with; to vie with
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
infancy; childhood; tender age
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
little by little; bit by bit
to accept; to receive; to agree
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy