cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
power of recovery; ability to recuperate; resilience
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
craving; longing; thirsting
obsession; compulsive idea
to push; to propel; to shove; to spur (someone); to stimulate; to impel
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
to have one's horizons broadened
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
to reach out (for); to extend one's reach (towards); to set one's sights (on); to work towards (getting, becoming, etc.); to put out a feeler; (lit.) to extend one's tentacles
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine