to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch
hard-liners; diehards; hawks
to gain strength; to gather momentum; to be encouraged; to be heartened; to be invigorated; to take heart
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
carrier pigeon; homing pigeon
suppression (of a riot, revolt, etc.); repression; putting down; quelling
upward adjustment; upward revision
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
main cause; primary factor
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
hard-line policy; tough measure
border (between countries); national border
to make an onslaught (on); to close in (on)
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
remains; corpse; (dead) body
(brute) force; using all one's might
solution; solution strategy
to flatter; to curry favor (with); to fawn (on); to flirt (with; a man); to make eyes (at)
pride; boast; credit (to)
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
white heat; incandescence; (emitting) white light; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
to gaze out at; to look out over
to get out of hand; to become uncontrollable; to boil over
confused fight; brawl; melee; scuffle; free-for-all
calming down; quieting down
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
rough-and-ready; knocked-up; hasty; slipshod; slapdash
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
speculation; thinking; meditation
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
state of the war; war situation
grouping; case classification