(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
mechanism; machinery; system; structure; organization
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
minimum; at the very least
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
standard; criterion; norm; average; the norm; the ordinary
to remind (someone of something); to call (someone's) attention (to); to tell (someone) again (to make sure); to make (doubly) sure (of); to emphasize; to reconfirm
something; some kind of; for some reason
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
questions and answers; dialogue
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
with a twitch; with a jerk; with a flutter; with a dip; with a bob
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
gun; firearm; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
that's the way it is; such is life
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts)
in addition to that; furthermore; moreover; by; with
view (of life, etc.); outlook