to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
outside the scope (of); exempt (from); ineligible (for); not covered (by)
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
used (ticket, stamp, etc.); spent (fuel, battery, etc.)
state of the war; war situation
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
to cultivate a better understanding
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
empirically; from experience
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
optimization; optimisation
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
slash (punctuation mark); slash; slit
to excel; to surpass; to be superior; to be conspicuous (esp. forehead and eyebrows); to be prominent; to stand out
sweeping sideways; mowing down
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily
cancellation; cancelling (a person, e.g. for an inflammatory remark); cancel culture
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
attacking a fleeing enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation; rubbing salt into a wound
elementary level; beginner level
all (that one has); all (that there is); everything; as much as possible; as much as one can; to the utmost
remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
first attack; first strike; first blow