to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
pillow talk; conversation in bed; bedtime story
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
than; other than; except; but
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
end; tip; extremities; terminal
rationalization; justification
to roll up; to be rolled up
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
to ask a high price; to overcharge
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
by sheer strength; by brute force
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
to smash down; to beat in
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
nine times; twisting around many times
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
make good use of; make the most of
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
nothing but; none other than
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)