great difference; big difference; wide margin
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
have a good day; take care; see you
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
conditionally; with conditions attached
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to compose; to put together
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
this is why; this means; it is the case that
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to erase all trace of something
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
sleepwalker; somnambulist
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); ikky; to stick closely
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
development; exploitation
root; source; origin; cause
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to dash (e.g. liquid on someone's face); to slosh; to splash; to souse; to pour
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do