to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled