cooperation; collaboration
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
control tower; conning tower; leader; commander; playmaker; game maker
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
contents (of a container, stomach, etc.); things inside
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
causticity; corrosiveness
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
accelerated; accelerating; gathering speed
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
to breathe out; to exhale
keyboard (piano, computer, etc.)
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
impact (of a projectile); landing (of a bullet); striking
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
release; emission; ejection
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris