disintegration; self-destruction
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
something like ...; something called ...
organic; coordinated; working in a coordinated fashion
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
manners; behavior; behaviour
successful execution; accomplishment; completion; fulfillment; carrying through
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
script; screenplay; scenario
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
God; god; ace; king; superior person
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.); end (e.g. of a roll of film)
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to revere; to respect; to worship
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
to shave off; to scrape off
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
swift attack; quick attack; fast break; right away; without delay; immediately
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
at least; at most; (even) just