optimization; optimisation
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
flight; desertion; escape
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to jump from one thing to another
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
something worthy of comparison; something being compared
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
serious; severe; grave; acute
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
without; but if; otherwise; or else
the opposite direction; the other way
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
sun; saint; San (people); son
Michel; Michele; Michele; Michelle
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group; to shun
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
declaration; proclamation; announcement
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just