intuition; instinct; hunch
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
credibility; authenticity; confidence; reliability
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
one passage; one paragraph; one stanza; one verse; one section (of a piece of music); one syllable
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
many-headed; hydra-headed; large-scale (e.g. breeding)
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
suggestion; hint; implication
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
substantiation; materialization; materialisation; (specific to object language classes) instantiation
assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition
assuming that ...; supposing that ...
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
to lay aside; to set aside
the way back; the way home; return trip
regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
number of persons; personnel
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
contrary to one's expectations; to one's surprise
chivalrous spirit; chivalry
dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; midst (e.g. of a storm); heyday; (the) height (e.g. of a debate)
(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge
worn-out; shabby; seedy; completely exhausted
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
safety confirmation; confirming (something) is safe
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
sampling a drink; tasting
the last moment; the very end
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
and then; and so; and; so then
after staying up all night
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
mousetrap; rattrap; rat poison; speed trap; Japanese rat snake