(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
incident; affair; happening; event
one's possessions; ownership
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to turn against; to become an enemy
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
how long; how much; to what extent
danger; peril; hazard; risk
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt