financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
cry (e.g. of a baby); sob; whine; tearful voice; weepy voice
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
lifting a child high up in the air
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
(sense of) sight; eyesight; vision
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
footpath; walkway; sidewalk; pavement
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature
brake; (a) stop (to a development, behavior, etc.); (the) brakes
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
to put on the brakes; to put a stop to
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
classification; categorization; sorting
several times; once or twice
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
(sense of) hearing; auditory perception
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
body; physical system; (the) person
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to replace; to sidestep (an issue)
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
shuttle bus; pickup bus; courtesy bus; hotel bus
hair pin; hairclip; hairgrip; hairpin curve; hairpin turn
finishing blow; coup de grâce
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently