stupendous (jl) surprisingly large or impressive, magnificent

horrendous (j) frightening, terrible, extremely unreasonable or unpleasant

[I'm in a horrendous debt.]

glimmer of hope

recap (v) ON: to repeat the main points of sth that has just been said

recap (n)

be on the edge = (informal) to be behaving in a way that makes it seem as if you are going crazy

pertain to something = relate directly to something

standstill (n) a situation in which there is no movement or activity at all

[at a standstill]

[come to a standstill/bring something to a standstill]