although; though; despite the fact that ...
machine parts; machinery; equipment
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
skill; dexterity; proficiency
battlefield; battleground
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
emergency measure; emergency procedures; first-aid treatment; stop-gap treatment; temporary repairs
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
medical care; medical treatment
practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice; actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
(medical) doctor; physician
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
help; assistance; service
to take a turn for the better (of an illness, patient, etc.); to begin to improve; to begin to recover; to convalesce
packing; packaging; face mask; face pack; puck
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
each house; every house; many houses
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to escape death; to be saved from death
patterns of thinking; train of thought
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
preference; priority; precedence
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)