running errands (for someone else); errand boy; gofer; dogsbody
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
reigning; controlling; dictating
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
same; similar; (just) like; equal
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous
if so; in that case; in that situation
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to step firmly; to harden by treading