description; describing; depicting
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
god of death; death deity; Death; Grim Reaper
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
Basic Instinct (1992 film)
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense)
personal use; private use; private business; personal business
official business; government business; public business; public use; government use
commercial; commercial use
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
large sum (of money); large amount; large denomination (banknote, etc.)
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
news flash; prompt report; bulletin; quick announcement
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
sudden fall; sharp fall; sudden drop; sharp drop
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
to recover; to rally; to improve; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to shift (a bag, etc.) from one hand to the other
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
operation (of a ship or aircraft route); service; navigation; flight
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
precision instrument or machine
isolation; sense of isolation; feeling of being isolated
daily (living) necessities; necessities; essentials for life
stocking up (on); hoarding
being reluctant to sell; holding off on selling
to cease; to stop; to be over
shortage of stock; scarcity of goods; being in short supply
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause