faint, ironic or bittersweet smile
living thing; living creature; animal; life
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
travelling on foot; traveling on foot; travelling all over
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
ultimate; final; last; eventual
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
clincher; pick-up line; honeyed phrase; telling phrase; phrase that brings someone around, esp. in personal relationships
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to give directions; to issue instructions
acceleration; speeding up
to make one feel grateful
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
visual hallucination; vision
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
racing noisily (in a car, motorcycle, etc.); roaring (e.g. down the street)
to pierce through; to break through
shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women
to rank next to; to come after
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
to cross (each other); to pass (each other); to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by; to have a misunderstanding; to go awry
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated
suspension bridge; rope bridge
growing en masse in one location (of plants); living gregariously (of animals); living in flocks, herds, colonies, etc.; all animate creation
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)