very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to be hot on a person's heels
hideout (e.g. of fugitive from justice); hiding place
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
brink of death; time to give up; knowing when to give up
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
possession (esp. of a territory)
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
useless resistance; vain struggle
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
as many (people) as possible
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
mobilization; mobilisation
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way; to grow freely (e.g. of weeds)
complicated and mysterious
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
process; course; mechanism
pushing through; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
deep inside; innermost place
anxiety (about the future)
impossible to do (although wants to)
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
sound; sure; safe; steady; firm
artificial object; man-made object; artifact; artefact
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
environmental destruction