drunk; drunken person; drunkard
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
to approach; to draw near
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
vigilante; member of a vigilante group
business that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
an ascetic existence; (leading) a continent life; abstinence
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women; peaceable men who don't approach women as potential partners; (lit.) herbivore
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
having vague fears; feeling alarmed; feeling gloomy (about the future); feeling apprehension
laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurdity
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
forgetting; lapse of memory
playing the victim; playing the victim card
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house