stinging (pain); smarting; tingling
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
weakening; emaciation; decline
on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
sensitive; susceptible; impressionable
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
unanticipated; unexpected
(providing) covering fire; supporting (backing up) someone (in a debate or argument)
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
stomach ache; abdominal pain
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
to check; to stop; to keep back
raising and lowering; praising and blaming; modulation
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
reset; fresh start; new beginning
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to slide down; to slip down
slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
sworn younger brother; junior male peer (in a club, group, etc.)
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
agglomeration; clumping together; cohesion (of ions, etc.); flocculation (of colloidal particles); agglutination