to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
sweet and sour; bittersweet (feeling)
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
descending a mountain; descent
success or failure; outcome; result
fragment; small piece; scrap; shred (e.g. of emotion); trace; bit
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
to accrete; to become whole; to come together
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to try to do; to attempt to do
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
rotation; revolution; working (e.g. of one's mind); function; turnover (of goods, funds, etc.); circulation
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
sudden peal of thunder; thunderclap
(in) the air; midair; sky
hammer; mallet; sledgehammer; gavel
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
fall; drop; descent; coming down
mass; quality and quantity