turning point; turnaround point (e.g. in a race); turning back point
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
forcing (e.g. a vote); carrying out (forcibly); pushing ahead (with); enforcement
survival; survivor; relic
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
flag; boolean value; something that foreshadows a future event or outcome (in a film, novel, etc.)
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
pseudo; quasi; artificial; simulated
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to be injured; to sustain a wound
internal (e.g. mechanism, feature); built-in; equipped (with)
pinch; tough spot; bind; clothespin; clothes peg
this (very thing); this precisely
heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
trajectory; line of fire; ballistic
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
shooting down (an aircraft)
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
fall; crash (of an aircraft)
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
cut; cutting; omission; cutting; haircut; (continuous) shot (in a film or TV show); illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.)
faint; fainting; losing consciousness
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to be covertly swapped; to be replaced (e.g. with a counterfeit)
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
cooperation; collaboration; help; support