to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to pry (open); to prise; to wrench
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
leaving one's objective incomplete; leaving one's ambition unfulfilled; being unable to achieve one's goal
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
briskly; quickly; promptly
brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
which can exist solely due to the presence of; whose existence is determined entirely by; which owes everything to
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)
permanent preservation; permanent repository; keeping something permanently; preservation in perpetuity
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
failure (i.e. an unsuccessful work); flop; dud; bomb