inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
mudslinging contest; mudslinging match
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible
bright; shining; clear; evident
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
fantastical idea; fanciful notion; bizarre thought
to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
intercept; interception; counter-attack
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
falsehood and truth; fiction and fact
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to be reminded of; to call to mind
trouble; bother; number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.); number of punches (in boxing)
to hypnotize; to hypnotise
flying column; detached force
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
planning stage; planning stages
waiting to see one's opponent's move; playing a waiting game
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to go ahead; to pull ahead