distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
executives; top management; governing body
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
to mesh (of gears); (fig.) to be in sync (of people, organizations, etc.)
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
capable of anything; liable to do
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
having a loose tongue; being talkative; speaking without thinking; being unable to keep a secret
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
breathing of a sleeping person
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably