house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
weird; strange; mysterious
warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
to throw something to each other; to pass something back and forth; to bandy something around; to take part in a pitching duel
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
to be exhausted; to be at a loss; to be worn out; to be helpless
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
to suck (or draw) out; to aspirate
joining (an association, agreement, etc.); participation; affiliation; accession
one's last moments; hour of death
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
to make one's name well known; to gain much fame
if possible; if it is in my power; if it was realistic
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
capture; takeover; hijack; skyjacking
to take care; to mind; to be attentive
urgent; requiring quick (response)
comfortable to live in (of a neighborhood, etc.); convenient; congenial; agreeable
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
core; tang (of a sword, etc.); middle of a nest of boxes
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
unbelievable; incredible; implausible