to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
to move forward; to move on
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching; crunchies
none of your business; not your concern
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
practical; pragmatic; hands-on; nuts and bolts
charm; incantation; spell; code that is not (yet) necessary to understand; required boilerplate code
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
leaving everything up to someone else
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
companion; company; tritagonist; second supporting character
joining a club as a trial
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
tenacious; persistent; stubborn; vindictive; spiteful; vengeful
bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
British person; Briton; English person; Englishman; Englishwoman
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
erasure; deletion; elimination (of variables); extinction
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
health management; health maintenance; health care
leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development