to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
silence; stillness; quietness
immediately; right away; on the spot
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
tear; rip; breach; spoilage; waste; wastepaper
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
heartrending; desperate; hopeless; full of grief
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
is something that; is that which
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
force (bulldoze) one's way through
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to shake one's head (in denial)
(not) even when using ...; (not) even with the help of ...; (not) even by ...
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
wall of rock; rock cliff; rock face