more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
senility; dotage; decrepitude
hard-liners; diehards; hawks
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
timewise; temporal; chronal
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
with a fixed time; with a deadline
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
monolith; large slab of rock
tip of the hand; (use of) one's hands; cheap trick; superficial wit; cheap; makeshift (e.g. measures)
by sheer strength; by brute force
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
thorough; exhaustive; complete
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
emotional strength; force of will
incredible; extraordinary; exceptional; phenomenal
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
heart attack; to have a heart attack
to break down due to overwork; to try so hard that the situation gets worse
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
greater than ...; bigger ...
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
polite; courteous; hospitable