(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
operation; functioning; running
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
depravity; corruption; degradation
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
limbs; arms and legs; body
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
stirring; slight movement
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
to tire of; to lose interest in; (arch.) to be satisfied; (arch.) to enjoy; (arch.) to do adequately
germination; germ; sprout; bud; sign
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
aging; wearing out; deterioration
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
for tears to gather in one's eyes; for tears to well up in one's eyes
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
to think constantly about; to dwell on
to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
pulse; pulse rate; pulsation; stroke of pulse
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
to have sex; to have a physical relationship
sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
study; learning; tutorial
trusting too much; overestimating ability