starting line (in a race); start line; starting point
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
proper; respectable; decent; honest
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
sense of caution; wariness
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)
to one's delight; to one's joy
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
surname; family name; last name
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
aloof; morose; (smelling) strongly; pungently; spiky (esp. of a hairstyle); sticking up straight (e.g. of plant stems)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to subsist; to keep on living
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
antlion (larva); doodlebug; antlion pit
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
(being) off night duty; end of a night shift
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
to bring back; to restore
at first; initially; in the beginning
to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance; to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
while surprised; suddenly
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is