action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
clear; precise; definite; distinct
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
turning point; tipping point; commutation point
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
future (usually near); prospects
to think too much; to be over-concerned
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
feigned; pretending (not to know)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
deep design and forethought; a farsighted and deeply-laid plan
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
something like ...; something called ...
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy
comfort; consolation; diversion
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)
astounding; startling; world-shaking; amazing; earth-shattering
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
conscious; deliberate; intentional
to take a position (e.g. on an issue); to adopt a stance
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to