breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
feeling; mood; disgusting; sickening; revolting
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
to order; to command; to appoint
to help (someone) out of trouble; to rescue; to save
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem
duck face; duck lips; facial expression where the lips are pursed and corners of the mouth raised
to slide into; to slip into
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)
failure; mistake; blunder
climax; peak; critical moment; most important stage; turning point
chief; main; principal; major
extremists; radicals; militants
moderate faction; moderates
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
dissolute mind; hardened heart
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
to withdraw into oneself; to shut oneself away; to seclude oneself
to try all possible means
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
to show through; to be hinted at; to peek through; to shine through
to spend time (on doing something)
to join forces; to cooperate
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
at; in; at; when; by; with
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick