one's grasp of the situation; knowing how matters stand
wholeheartedly (approve, agree, etc.); unconditionally; completely
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
to be sacked; to be dismissed
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
having said that; on the other hand
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
huge rock; firmness; solidity
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
several minutes; a few minutes
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
patterns of thinking; train of thought
news; word; tidings; omen
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
blind (devotion, faith, etc.); reckless
normalcy; normality; normal
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
no use; useless; not fit for its purpose
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
entry qualifications; joining qualifications
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
murder; killing; murderer
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
how; in what way; circumstances
white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
white of the eye; cold, unwelcoming eyes
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
moment by moment; hour by hour
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate