(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
to stiffen; to become stiff
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
good performance; good work; great success
absolute basics; very rudiments
quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to become dim; to become blurred
end; tip; extremities; terminal
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
normalcy; normality; normal
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
to shed light; to cast light
fireball; bolide; fireball
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
(natural) satellite; moon; (artificial) satellite
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
machinery; gadgetry; equipment
to fly around; to scatter
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to be hideously burned; to be burned raw