great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
natural calamity; disaster
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
several weeks; a few weeks
just the other day; quite recently
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
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
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
to mark the end; to spell the end
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
family; members of a family
conceptual; ideational; notional; theoretical; academic
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
shift the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); pass the buck
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled