to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to be hesitant; to feel timid
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
myself; yourself; I; me; you
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
any more; any further; any better; any longer
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
doubt; suspicion; fear; apprehension
to push aside; to brush aside
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
to start rowing; to begin to row; to row out (e.g. to sea); to pull out; to start pedaling; to begin to pedal
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.)
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
in one's hands; in one's control
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
because of; owing to; due to
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself
life and death; life or death