startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
a step; short distance; short time
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
very; much; greatly; a lot of
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
to take a breath; to take a short rest
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to be fated to; be linked by fate
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
to rule; to govern; to administer
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
and so; therefore; for that reason
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
that's the way it is; such is life