to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging
the right person in the right place
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
centre of explosion; center of explosion; hypocentre; hypocenter; ground zero
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
charred; burnt black; scorched black
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
to escape being burned (esp. of a building or the items in it); to survive a fire
detour; circumvention; turning movement
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
space (room, area, outer space)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...