icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years
piling up; multiple layers
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
right to challenge; right to make a challenge
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
to be intimate with; to befriend
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
body; physique; build; stature
length (of an animal); body length
tail (of an animal); tail end; tip
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
human speech; human language; sound of people talking
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
to crack; to be cracked; to develop a crack
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; perversion (esp. sexual)
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
to hurt; to smart; to sting
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
vast; limitless; boundless
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
global scale; worldwide scale
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run