everything; anything; nothing
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
opening and closing; opening and shutting
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
limited; limiting; restrictive
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
difficult problem; challenge
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
form; method; system; formula
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
(having) life-and-death power (over)
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
continuation; succession; series; continuous
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to be too late; to be too slow
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
to be found; to be discovered
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
countermeasure; counter-measure
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to concern; to be related
intelligence gathering; information gathering
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable