beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to trample down; to crush underfoot; to kick down; to avoid paying (e.g. a debt); to jump (a bill); to bilk
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
to pay attention; to be watchful
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
surely (not); certainly (not)
openly (unashamedly) in broad daylight
seeing (with the naked eye); observation; visual inspection
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
end of life; death; breathing one's last
throwing stone; sling stone; slingshot; pellet; pebble; small rock
repeatedly; to a tremendous extent
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
direction of travel; direction of movement
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
scene; spectacle; sight; view
lasting quality; good wearing ability; going a long way
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
to push (something) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)
fireball; bolide; fireball
expansion; swelling; increase; growth