function; facility; faculty; feature
having a poor endgame; failing at the final stage; missing at the last turn; slacking off at the end
eagle (Accipitridae family)
prompt decision; snap judgement; snap judgment
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to be silent; to say nothing
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
biological younger brother
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
to twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground; to hold (someone) down by twisting their arm; to wrestle (someone) to the floor; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to repaint; to paint again; to paint (a different colour); to change completely; to break (a record); to redraw (e.g. the map)
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to be comfortable; to be easy; to be relaxed; to be cosseted
demon of ill health; disease
wish; desire; ambition; choice
headache inducing; vexing
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
chance; opportunity; occasion
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
price; cost; value; worth; value
(in) secrecy; behind closed doors
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
foreign enemy; outside invader
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
on countless occasions; many a time
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
war; fighting; fierce competition
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to be sacrificed; to become a victim (of); to fall victim (to); to lose one's life
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
complacency about peace; naive belief in continued peace; ignorance of global conflict
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
cut; reduction; curtailment
conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch