to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
gradually; slowly but steadily
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to choke; to have trouble breathing
to send flying with a kick
disk; discus; flying saucer; disc media (CD, DVD, etc.)
to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike
posture; position; stance
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
to become settled; to be fixed
to lose heart; to lose interest; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose focus; to let one's guard down
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
this (very thing); this precisely
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to mislead; to misguide; to do accidentally; to do by mistake
to mistake (for something or someone else); to misread; to misjudge
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)