protracted war; war of attrition
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
side effect; adverse reaction
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
god of death; death deity; Death; Grim Reaper
fear; dread; fright; terror; trepidation; panic
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
loser; defeated person; the defeated
last days; the end; one's fate
to be proud; to be haughty; to be arrogant; to be conceited; to brag; to show off
concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
remembering; recollection; anamnesis; recall (memory); retrieval
reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison; browsing (to a file or folder)
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
destructive; catastrophic; disastrous; ruinous; devastating
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
to explain adequately; to be accountable
hegemony; leadership; initiative
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start