hard or crushing blow; severe attack
to get stuck in; to be mired in; to be addicted to
sense of equilibrium; sense of balance
anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
boundless; infinite; vast
rear guard; second reserve
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)
locality; local area; limited area
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
don't feel like doing; can't bring oneself to do; can't face
rise and fall; ups and downs
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
to breathe out; to exhale
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
slight; light; thin; faint; dim
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response