on time; on schedule; punctually
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
naked eye; the physical eye
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
survival; survivor; relic
(so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last
legend; folklore; tradition
superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman
young person; youth; young
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
this (very thing); this precisely
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
center of an explosion; centre of an explosion
spreading out like an open fan; becoming prosperous; folding fan; ceremonial folding fan
of good omen; auspicious; lucky; auguring well (for); boding well (for)
expression; look; countenance; face
neutral colour; neutral color; achromatic (colour, color)
safety zone; traffic island
to that degree; to that extent; that much
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
explosive; blasting powder
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch
to be too late; to be too slow
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
going straight on; going straight ahead
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
to pierce through; to break through
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
land subsidence; decline in influence
loud (criticism, protest, etc.); noisy; clamorous; boisterous; uproarious; fierce
cloud of sand (dust, etc.)