(of a couple) fighting and splitting up
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
resentment; indignation; anger
to part from; to part company with; to split with; to break off relations with
astonished beyond words; speechless out of shock
personification; impersonation; embodiment
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
to refer to; to use as reference
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
counter-; corresponding; face; opposite
filling (up); replenishing; filling in (tooth); loading (gun with ammunition, camera with film, etc.); packing; plugging
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to take someone's life; to kill someone
to be injured; to sustain a wound
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
mysterious power of words to alter reality
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
to tear off; to rip off; to peel off
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest