cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
headquarters; head office; main office
useless; worthless; absurd; baloney
archicortex; archipallium
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
lightly; gently; (breaking apart) easily
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; standstill
disk; discus; flying saucer; disc media (CD, DVD, etc.)
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
inattention; absent-mindedness
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly
to this extent; to this degree; this much
emotional strength; force of will
mobilization; mobilisation
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
to collapse into; to flop onto
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case