queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess
gas (as a fuel); gas (state of matter); poison gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove; gas cooker
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
to complain persistently; to gripe; to grumble; to die
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
serious; severe; grave; acute
main spindle; main shaft; linchpin; pivot; principal axis; main axis
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
overestimation; overrating; overvaluing
ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
blow; shock; strike; batting
survival; survivor; relic
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
outside the country; abroad
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety
management; administration; operation
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
soldier; combatant; warrior
witnessing; observing; sighting
feigned tears; crocodile tears
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
how long; how far; how much
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to start (something); to start up; to launch (a business); to boot (a computer); to launch (a program)
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face