payment in advance; advance payment; payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls); forerunner
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to accept; to receive; to agree
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
outside the school; outside the university; unaffiliated with the university; off-campus; extramural
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
whitecaps; white-crested waves; thief
water's edge; beach; foreshore
horizon (related to bodies of water)
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to sink (into); to get depressed
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
outline of a solitary fish (as seen through the water when fishing, etc.)
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
vagrancy; vagabondage; wander around
phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance