life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to dry out; to become dry (and brittle); to go stale
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
to forget to put in; to leave out
failure (i.e. an unsuccessful work); flop; dud; bomb
individual differences; personal equation
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
draw (in competition); tie game
tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
one's hand; name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
to continue to work; to work away (at)
to one's heart's content; following one's heart's desires
to brave a danger; to take a risk
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
offender (esp. murderer); criminal
surreptitious glance; looking furtively
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
groan; moan; growl; roar; hum (of a machine, power lines, etc.); drone (e.g. of an engine)
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
lying on one's belly; crawling on one's belly; belly crawl
to rustle (in the wind); to sway; to stir; to blow gently (of the wind); to blow softly
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
forgetting; lapse of memory
to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to improve (of an illness); to get better
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission