crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
magazine; journal; periodical
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
spurt of blood (from one's victim)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
to pour in (liquids); to pour in (money); to pump in (investment)
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
reaction; response; reaction
to squeeze out; to wring out
enumeration; citation; listing
unprecedented; unique; unparalleled
elaborate but slow execution; polished but slow work
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
vitality; (one's) life force
bank; weir; embankment; levee
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight
to cross the line; to go too far
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
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 decide (e.g. an outcome); to dictate; to determine
to cover fully; to wrap around
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
near oneself; close to one; familiar
erasure; deletion; elimination (of variables); extinction
proficiency; mastery; becoming proficient (in)
way; method; means; (technical) specification
came here; coming here; recently
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
to break up and start anew; to break out of one's shell; to make a fresh start; to go outside oneself
to relax one's efforts; to let up; to let one's guard down
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise