terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
such; like that; that sort of; very
development; exploitation
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
to make short work of; to eat up quickly
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
decision; settlement; definition
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
difficult problem; challenge
to thrust before; to thrust at
one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face
at the last moment; this late in the game
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
to attempt; to test; to try out
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
smoking (esp. as a means of preserving food)
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
classification; categorization; sorting
health hazard; health damage
to bring; to take; to bring about
stomach ache; abdominal pain
generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia