meaning; significance; sense
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
depiction; description; portrayal
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
to pass (of time); to elapse
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
scene; spectacle; sight; view
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
offensive smell; off-flavor; off-flavour
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
reality; actuality; hard fact
war; fighting; fierce competition
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
valuable article; valuables
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
item; something that one "just has to have"
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
pleasant feeling; good feeling
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
fishing; collecting shells; fisherman
noninterference; leaving something to take its own course; giving someone a free hand with something
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal