to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
fixed number; certain number; given number; definite number
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
to be too numerous; to be too much
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to lose one's footing; to slip
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
to join together (wooden boards, etc.); to patch together (pieces of cloth, etc.); to glue together
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to supplant; to supersede; to replace; to take the place of
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
endurance; perseverance; patience
to set a ladder up against
ten (long cylindrical things)
to make an incessant onslaught; to attack incessantly
preliminary arrangements; spade work
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
trusting too much; overestimating ability
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous