before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
as; because; with; due to
past days; bygone days; days of yore; while still alive; during one's lifetime
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
all; everyone; everybody; everything
unable to resist; unable to suppress
countries; (various) nations
to find fault (with trivial matters); to scold over minor things; to get angry over trifles; to raise one's eyebrows
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly
article; discourse; dissertation; editorial; leading article; leader
to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
(for the) first time in one's life
junkie (drug addict); junkie (person with an obsession)
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
look!; there!; here!; that is
point in question (at issue)
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
immediately; at once; instantly
dispute; argument; contention
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
vanishing behind the clouds (e.g. of the moon); vanishing; suddenly disappearing; going into hiding
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to go underground; to go into hiding
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
retirement (from the world); seclusion
regarding as dangerous; identifying as a threat
hostility; antagonism; opposition
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
potentiality; dormancy; latency
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
tag; label; game of tag; tag-team match; working together as a team
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking