speed; velocity; pace; velocity
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to well up; to burst; to arise
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
to lose sight of; to miss
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
resignation; acceptance; consolation
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
impossible proposition; unreasonable proposal; tall order
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
dark night; moonless night
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
now (with the nuance of 'the last moment'); this late in the game
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
weakness; effeminacy; enervation
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
habit (garment worn by nuns, monks, friars, etc.)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
victory or defeat; match; contest; game