desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
bad news; news of a death; death notice
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
power; might; authority; influence
belief; faith; conviction
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
very good luck; excellent fortune
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
quiet; still; surreptitious
out of character; unlike one
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
to state; to express; to mention
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
around the world; throughout the world
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
high place; high altitude; heights; broad view
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome