very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
interior; inside; internal
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
boundary; (nuclear) criticality; critical (mass, pressure, temperature, state, point, etc.)
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
desperation; struggle to the death
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
having said that; on the other hand
decision; determination; resolution
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
senior high school student
handful; small amount; small number
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
science and technology; scientific technique
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
(religious) faith; belief; creed