to gain in skill; to improve; to get better
to become keen on; to get passionate about
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
how many years; how long; what year
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
detection; sense (e.g. sensor)
pouring out in large amounts; flowing out gushingly
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
interference; meddling; butting in
result of one's blood, sweat, and tears; fruits of one's labour
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
unasked for; unnecessary; uninvolved
to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
insubordination; disobedience
intracranial; endocranial
receiving an electric shock
coherence; order; focus; point
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
biological parent; real parent
exclusive; attached to; specialist
to love; to cherish; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
excessive meddling (esp. by parents); excessive interference
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to be too late; to be too slow
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)