step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
whenever you want; any time you like
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
otherwise; or else; if not
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
can't help; won't make much difference
unless one ...; if one does not ...
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
to have a meal; to take a meal
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
to become distant; to recede
to recover consciousness; to come to
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
home ground; home field; one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability