fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
going backward; turning back; backtracking; regression; retrogression; relapse
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
easy to do; apt to do; prone to do; liable to do
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
simple; easy; simplistic; inexpensive; cheap
costume; fancy dress; masquerade; converted (cruiser)
colored thing (clothing, fabric, paper, etc.) (coloured); variety shows
scattered; separated; dispersed
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
putting on the market; putting on sale; making commercially available; commercial; off-the-shelf; store-bought
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; pointless exercise; waste of time; (something that is) too little, too late; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
one round; one turn; one size (larger or smaller); one cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; wide open; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
hidden treasure; treasured article
to talk to oneself; to mutter