1 grave

2 serious

3 severe

4 critical

1 broken

2 damaged

3 worn out

4 lousy

5 rotten

6 to break, split or cleave

7 to get rid of

8 to destroy

9 to break with

10 to defeat

11 to capture (a city etc)

12 to expose the truth of

1 to repeat

2 repetition

3 again

4 re-

5 classifier: layer

1 again

2 once more

3 re-

1 important

2 significant

3 major

1 each word carries weight

2 a promise must be kept (idiom)

1 one word says it all (idiom)

2 to hit the nail on the head

3 to be pithy and correct

1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)

2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle

3 it's either him or me

1 lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things

2 naive

3 doesn't know who's who

4 no sense of priorities

1 to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions