to subsist; to keep on living
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to become better; to improve
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
almost; roughly; approximately
one's family; family member
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
human rights; civil liberties
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to use (in cooking); to mix (in)
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
transient (symptom, phenomenon); temporary; passing; fleeting
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
eccentric; crank; oddball
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
going in the opposite direction; going against the wind; running or operating a machine in reverse (such as an electric motor)
to be infected; to be contagious
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
older brother; elder brother
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)