to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)
purple smoke; tobacco smoke
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
risky; dangerous; insecure
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
touring (by car, bike, etc.)
and then; and so; and; so then
future (usually near); prospects
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
incompetent; have no merit
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
to flare up; to fly into a rage
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
racing (an engine); idling (an engine); going in circles (esp. argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds