locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
foreign matter; impurities
to blaze; to burn brightly
falsely similar; counterfeit
symbol; code; sign; notation
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
greater than ...; bigger ...
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
last spurt; final spurt; home stretch
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
to hit the nail on the head; to guess exactly right
sincere; honest; faithful
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
ardent; passionate; vehement
that is to say; so that means
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
granted that; even if; even though
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous