priority; order of precedence
violent emotion; passion; fury
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
raging fire; conflagration
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
cranial nerves; cerebral nerves
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
to run about; to rush about
to come into being; to be born
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
to lie down; to throw oneself down
it's no joke; gimme a break!
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
superheating; overheating
to wring the neck; to strangle
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at
to clatter; to flap (noisily); to rattle; to walk around being unable to settle down
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
to knock down; to knock out
art of self-defense (defence)
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality